Postcard From A Dream

Look at anyplace long enough,
and it doesn’t seem real anymore-
Just a battered, much-creased postcard
I’ve taken out of my wallet, unfolded,
studied many times, compared
to some place or other. I wonder
how long I’ve been looking, if this
is the one. Or just another echo
of a dream I’ve had before,
awakened from, and then
forgotten again.
I wonder what I’ll find
if I look in my wallet.


© Mark Reep 2006