color

some of the moms at school were asking the kids, "is this a warm color or a cool color?"

gas

a woman pushing a stroller asked me, "is that your wife?"
the car on the side of the road had run out of gas.

plates

aleli dreamt about long plates.
then, at the store, she saw long plates!
a dream come true.

WAS

aleli says she dreamt it was snowing.
the kids tell her, "it WAS snowing."

earmuffs

ana tells caroline, "ohh, i want your earmuffs right now."

paranoid

meeting people at my new workplace, i had the sudden paranoid thought that whenever i smiled, they might be looking at food stuck between my teeth.

intruding

my dad has been intruding upon my dreams.