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Tag Archives: sandman’s realm

Dreams of my father

April 28, 2009 – 6:22 am

My father has been dead for twenty years. Having lived with it for so long, in certain ways his absence is a relief. It is nice to be able to live out my life without worrying about the apoplexy that would follow every visible piercing or boyfriend and without the constant flux of his vanishings [...]

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Haj Nehaj

October 19, 2003 – 6:44 am

A few minutes drive from our house in Montenegro are the ruins of a fortress called Haj Nehaj.
It was built during the time of Turkish occupation, centuries ago by the enslaved/imprisoned local populace. Its name, Haj Nehaj, literally translated as Care Not Care came from an incident where the overseer was asked whether he feels [...]

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The Ice

September 25, 2003 – 7:00 pm

there is a dream i have in which i am trapped in a lake beneath the ice.
i am not dead in my dream, but i am not alive either.
i am paralysed and frozen.
i cannot move.
the lake holds me up and pulls me down.
and always the ice is above me, i can see but not clearly.
i [...]

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