Dreamin
The piece is a spoken‑word/lyrical monologue titled “Dreamin”. The speaker recounts a chance meeting in a restaurant, noting the other person’s lack of debutante polish. A dialogue about preferences (“movie or a measure”) leads to the speaker ordering tea and launching into a meditation on dreaming. The refrain “Dreamin’ is free” recurs throughout, positioning dreaming as an unrestricted, cost‑free commodity. The speaker juxtaposes material concerns (“I don’t wanna live on charity”) with the intangible pleasure of imagination, questioning whether pleasure is real or fantasy. Vivid urban imagery—people staring, traffic, a river, a turnstile, “big feet walking 2‑mile”—conveys transience and movement. The narrator reflects on memory (“I never met him. I’ll never forget him”), the desire to create something lasting (“build a road of gold”), and the fleeting nature of existence (“filling up the atom, I’ll fade away”). The overall tone is poetic, reflective, and slightly wistful, with a repetitive, chant‑like structure that reinforces the central claim that dreaming is freely available to all.
