May 26, 2004

Strange Dreams

I had a dream last night about my cousins Kevin and Kirk. They are my dad's older brother's children. They are significantly older than me, like 18 years older. I had a dream last night that I was at my Aunt and Uncles and we were there for a barbecue. My cousins were there and I went to talk to them and they didn't know who I was! My cousin Kirk was wearing some anime shirt which seems out of place for him. I asked him if he was still married. He said that he was still married to Jenny and they live at the corner of US-12 and 127. I said that was right by my parents house. He shrugged. My cousin Kevin said he lived at home with his parents still (and he might in real life). I thought that Kevin was gay. I've thought this for while since he has never married and I can't be the only one! Actually I think the gayness comes from my Mom's Dad's side. Anyway it was a very weird dream.

I haven't seen my cousins for real in probably 3 years, since my Uncle Reed's funeral. I was never close to that side of the family and they are all older than me so we don't have much in common. I was a pall bearer at the funeral with my cousins Kevin and Kirk. The other three pall bearers were the husbands of my other cousins, Kristy, Kelly and Kathy, and are the daughters of my Uncle Reed. It seemed odd that I was carrying the dead body of my uncle I saw a handful of times with my cousins that I hadn't seen since a graduation or something. The only thing that held us together was our blood and I never felt that connection before. I walked in rhythum carrying a strange lifeless body in a large wooden box thinking that this is my family and I don't know them.

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