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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Is there real estate development in Heaven?

So... I had a crazy dream last night.... In fact... its really weird, so maybe you should stop now.... Here's the scene:

An old warehouse district of a city fainting resembling Deep Ellum, mostly resembling Adams Morgan but meticulously clean. Businessmen and women in suits come, following a real estate developer who is converting entire portions of the area into old lofts.

The district is quite ancient... resembling something from the post-Civil War industrial boom. Its known as the area where parents leave unwanted children... In fact, billboards advertise this fact: A giant baby against a pale green background with bubble letters (We'll take care of them).

Wandering the streets are countless transvestites... dressed in glitter, lime green face paint, and ragedy magic dresses. They look less like homeless transvestites and more like androgenous beings- holy almost. (I think I was subconciously blending the idea of Hijra's in India with the androgony of angels themselves)


I'm floating above this scene watching everything unfold...

The transvestites have lived there for generations... taking unwanted children and nurturing them... and now there home and the children's only hope was slowly being sucked away.... the real estate developer is slowly destroying their home...

the dream ended with teh billboards of the giant babies starting to come to life.... and as I opened my eyes... The first thing I thought of... is if that is where all the babies that die young go. Do they go to a strange district of heaven inhabited by androgenous beings... angels... transvestites....? More importantly.....

Is there real estate development in heaven?

2 comments:

The Pensive Poet said...

Oooh, that's wild and thought-provoking!

Steven Blum said...

interesting to link the trans with angels...it makes perfect sense. Sounds like a mash up of Children of Men and Angels in America. Both amazing.