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Field of Dreams

(The Nature of Fantasy)

Alex Nderitu

Alex Nderitu is a Kenyan poet, playwright and
novelist.

Walking through a field of dreams,
I saw some most unusual things:
A beggar donating to a millionaire,
War tanks being modified into tractors,
Bullets being smelted into saucepans,
A Democrat kissing a Republican,
Jungles once again flourishing with tigers and pandas,
A gazelle chasing a cheetah, hell for leather,
A Love Parade organized by Adolf Hitler
(The drum major being Heinrich Himmler),
The Sun slowly rising from the West,
Pirates uninterested in a Dead Man’s Chest,
Mozart composing rap songs while wearing bling,
A sparrow lifting a mountain with its wings,
And my beautiful Indian neighbour in love with me;
Hugging me; laughing with me; caressing me;
As we roll around…in a field of dreams.

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