Morning Dreams

And now I’ve started having morning dreams

Where I dream I’m waking up

And my throat hurts

And I get very upset

Because I’m sure I have contracted the virus

And I start calculating

Should I

call the doctor or

go to the hospital

and what about the cat

and why don’t I have a health proxy

But then I wake up

(usually lying in the same position I was in in the dream)

And my throat doesn’t hurt

And I’m fine.

I’m awake

But I’m just as anxious as I was

In the dream

anyway.