DREAM A LITTLE LONGER

by

Stephen D. Rogers

I woke from a dream in which I woke from a dream.

In the real dream my grandfather was standing at the foot of my bed even though he passed away last March. What he said to me was this: "If you ever wake from a dream in which you wake from a dream, believe nothing you are told."

I promised him I would do no such thing.

He nodded, obviously satisfied.

I was not. "Why did you die? Couldn't you have stayed with us a little longer?"

"But I am a little longer."

I measured him, and he was.

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Over a hundred and fifty of Stephen's stories and poems have been selected to appear in publications including DREXEL ONLINE JOURNAL, STIRRING, and THEMA. He can be reached at: sdr633@hotmail.com or through http://www.stephendrogers.com.

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