Real Life

by: Paige Bekins Kaltsas

in my dream
there were two
twins,
babies in their blue snugglies
kicking their feet sporadically,
talking in rhythm,
telling me it will be all right.
 
while in real life
you were drunk,
cross-eyed,
throwing plastic rum bottles
at the wall.
 
have you ever run downhill
with your eyes
closed?
have you ever seen starlings
stay
in one place?
have you ever cried
while you were
driving?
 
The babies,
I think they could be mine.