DEEP SLEEP

DEEP SLEEP

And Naz felt extremely tired even after having a strong cup of tea and was pretty much dozing off.

So she got up and lied down on the sofa and immediately fell into a deep sleep which is rare because

she suffers from insomnia of unexplained reason.

And she had a long dream

She sees a close friend of hers who is entering some place familiar, a cafe?, a restaurant? a garden?
a terrace, this girl friend hardly ever has the time to go out because of tough work situation...
They see each other but the girl friend doesn't invite Naz to join her...

Naz goes upstairs, (There are two levels of this place) Naz thinks that she left some utensil upstairs
when she was here last.  The place seems similar to Naz.  Upstairs she finds her small pan, a big tray,
and some lentils and a big table cloth which is very colorful and seems like the fabric is vintage and
from another part of the town.

Then she puts lentils in the table cloth and soak them under a tap and carries the cloth with her and the pan downstairs.  She leaves the big tray behind.  Too big to carry.  She is sad about it because the tray is very beautiful.  While she is in the staircase she finds some dollars there.  She looks up and see a man fixing the ceiling.  Perhaps the money belongs to that man, the thought comes to her but she hesitate to put the money back...she is conflictid but keeps going.

Downstairs seems like a theater.  Lots of people are sitting on all sides surrounding what seems like a pool or perhaps its natural water from the sea in a square lake or a river or a small , very small part
of the sea. On one sid eof the brightly lit space many so called important people sitting there, like
celebrities enjoying the play.  An actress  or whoever ends up on the wrong side of the water after her
earlier exit and later on has no choice but to enter the stage? through water, the water eventually
gets deeper and deeper and she is all the way under it.  Did she drown?  Naz didn't have that feeling in the dream.  People are cheering, it seems like Jane Fonda is also there.  DShe is really enjoying the play and lots of Wanabee's sitting next to her laugh when she does.  But the play seems really funny.

Some one says to Naz that she shouldn't be here because later on there will be lots of bees and it won't be safe for her.  So Naz goes to the other side of this arena and sees her girl friend sitting there.
That place seems more like a cafe and Naz realizes that she hasn't has her coffee yet but her girl friend doesn't offer her any and there is no waitress around.  Naz asks her girl friend, "Where is your daughter?"  And she says, "She is on the other side."  In real life the girl friend has no daughter.
Then the scene abruptly changes.  Naz is in a space whic seems like the lobby of the theater and quite
a few people asks Naz, "Where were you?  The whole audience were howling , author..author..author...why weren't you there?"

Naz said, "I was there but the woman working for the adminstration told me that there are tons of bees coming later on and the place is not safe for you, so I left."

We can't believe it..the adminstration sends the author away whose play is a big success and the whole audience wants to see and cheer the author to congratulate her, why would they do that?"

"No idea."  Naz says while she is still carrying her pan, her table cloth and her lentils and she wakes up...on her sofa and it's 12pm.  She lied down at 9 am...  she must be exhusted...Naz feels rested now
trying to figure out her dream but she is happy that she slept and after a long time experienced deep sleep.