The Condition

N.S. Solonche

The acupuncturist asked me 

to fill out my medical history. 

I listed all the usual conditions,

the same ones I always list --

osteoarthritis, high cholesterol,

sciatica, deviated septum. Then 

it asked about something I had

never seen before -- Excessive 

dreaming. What’s this? I said.

What is it? she said. Excessive 

dreaming, I said. Oh, that means

if you dream too much, she said. 

Well, I’m a poet, I said. Oh, then 

answer Yes, you suffer from excessive

dreaming, she said.  Yes, I said. Yes.