ode to it all being a dream

sometimes when you are about to scream
you wake up and realize it was all a dream
when you've done something awful you can't take back
like ordered a full-scale nuclear attack
or spilled hot coffee on your friend's new baby
or when asked if you would assassinate some guy said maybe
when the streets have changed their names and all
the houses burned out black and tall
it's nice to know it wasn't real
but in fiction we want to believe what we feel
since it's all made up anyway why rein it in
all nightmares should be real or why bother to begin
at leasts that's what writing teachers say
to get you to write in a particular way
myself I like to throw a dream or two in
of squishy steps or spooky ruin
my nights are just as vivid as my days
so I think stories about dreams deserve equal praise