last night i dreamt of a large, skink-like animal trapped inside of a giant colosseum. there was an army of gladiators attempting to outfit said skink in an expertly-crafted, hand-painted cardboard dinosaur costume.
as they attempted--with white ropes and iron stakes--to affix the mask on the skull of the beast, a young woman threw herself between the rowdy men and the monster. they tried to restrain her, but she ran betwixt and between them. she ran to me and asked for my help.
- Alexis Hope
i held out my hands, empty of weapons, to show her that i would be of no assistance. exasperated, she placed a heavy golden sword in my hands and returned to the men and the monster. she wrestled the ropes and attempted to free the beast.
- Alexis Hope
i stood by, sword in hand. they quickly apprehended her, and as i rode the train home later, i saw half of her body hanging in the rafters of the station. "that is what they do to girls like that," my mother said somberly.
- Alexis Hope