The Understory: Love, Culture, Fiction

The Understory: Love, Culture, Fiction

The Real EA

Lucid Dream

The worst of all betrayals. To love a mother figure who does not love you at all.

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E A Carter
Apr 12, 2021
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I woke from a lucid dream this morning. In it, I existed in a small section of an abandoned office building and had to leave, to move to another country. This much I remember, even if the details of the white walls and glass windows are vague. I had to leave. I had to go. I was being sent away.

I didn't want to go, but I had no choice. All was decided fo…

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