The Live Dream Broadcast (Poetry)

Someone hereabouts
often dreams very
loudly on a high
frequency above
the normal level

Like the whine of a
feverish storm-wind
buffeting thought waves
it cannot be blocked
finds chinks in the wall

They broadcast some nights
in short random bursts
testing the bandwidth
emotional pitch
barrier-breaking

My mind’s ear tuned in
no choice but listen
to each transmission
the message repeats
then a long-held breath ...

No one else hears them —
sounds from the future
not yet invented
echoes already
haunt somebody’s head