…once i got back west, there were fears that i wouldn't be allowed back in, but somehow i was. i picked up my cat and also a kitten, but then the kitten got loose before i could get back onto the road back to nyc. around this point, in what seemed like several days, i awoke from the dream.

even this synopsis is abbreviated, as there were other people, other interactions, and other "cameos" of people from my life who appeared, and the vividness of this fictive nyc were quite detailed. i suppose this is all because i hadn't slept long enough for days to reach this stage of sleep, idk