building tree forts with cardboard floors

 I woke up early and can't sleep

forced awake by crazy dreams

how can a dream be overcome by reality?

all this anxiety 

I dreamt of classmates, but we weren't kids anymore

we were at our little league baseball field 

building a tree fort with a cardboard floor

and tearing down Mark Fish's old house

so, they could build a new dollar general store

How did these trees get in our baseball field?

never mind first base where did home go

Sacred mysteries how did I get old?

this wasn't supposed to happen.