January drabbles - 14
“I had a dream,” said the child.
“What sort?”
“A bad one.”
“How?”
"I dreamed that people were red white and blue, but the green ones were always in charge. I dreamed that hair was black white and gray, and eyes were sky-blue pink — even knew what it looked like — with polka-dot borders. But if you didn’t have polka-dots no-one ever listened to you, and you never got green.”
“It was only a dream; go to sleep,” said the mother.
So the child went to sleep and Mom read the news where the green ones told her what to do.
“What sort?”
“A bad one.”
“How?”
"I dreamed that people were red white and blue, but the green ones were always in charge. I dreamed that hair was black white and gray, and eyes were sky-blue pink — even knew what it looked like — with polka-dot borders. But if you didn’t have polka-dots no-one ever listened to you, and you never got green.”
“It was only a dream; go to sleep,” said the mother.
So the child went to sleep and Mom read the news where the green ones told her what to do.
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