Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Maskless dreams


Ash came to me with one of his usual complaints about being woken up from deep slumber. That I cut short a dream.

"Guess what? I was walking without a mask in my dream and the police didn't slap a fine."

"Good thing I woke you up in that case. They would've caught you soon enough," I was happy I had a reason for waking him up at 1 pm. (Yes... Holidays, so he sleeps late into the day.)

"Actually, I had a mask on initially but I sneezed into it and had to throw it away."

It is funny how masks have permeated into our dreams too. 

Maybe because V had cautioned him the other day we went out that a little slip of the mask can invite a fine of Dh 3000.

Mask seems to have become a near-permanent human appendage.

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