"Dreams were the worst. Of course I dreamed……" — Elizabeth Bishop

Dreams were the worst. Of course I dreamed of food and love,… - Elizabeth Bishop

"Dreams were the worst. Of course I dreamed of food and love, but they were pleasant rather than otherwise. But then I'd dream of things like slitting a baby's throat, mistaking it for a baby goat. I'd have nightmares of other islands stretching away from mine, infinities of islands, islands spawning islands, like frogs' eggs turning into polliwogs of islands, knowing that I had to live on each and every one, eventually, for ages, registering their flora, their fauna, their geography."

— Elizabeth Bishop

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