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Sweet Dreams<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n By<\/span>Natalie Bedrossian<\/strong>\n \n May 1, 2020<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The static of a TV
\nIs my sole symphony,
\nSlipping
\nSizzling
\nSnapping
\nAcross my skin,
\nRaising mountains and
\nTrees and grass from
\nWithin,
\nAs a young, small boy
\nSkates
\nAround the satin spill,
\nSliding into my chest
\nAnd sneaking away
\nwith two fish eggs.
\nShe sings and slices
\nChunks from my skin,
\nFishing sorrow\u2019s beads
\nFrom out of my seas.
\nThe water washes away
\nThe whale\u2019s wailing
\nAnd the wolf\u2019s whistling,
\nBut is unable to wane
\nMy woe\u2019s wafting.
\nThe striating sheets
\nScratch against my
\nSenses,
\nSanding down
\nMy stimulated fences.
\nSugar pours over
\nThe shadows
\nAnd seeps
\nInto my soil,
\nSlowing down my scenarios
\nAnd stopping my stresses,
\nSinking my skeleton
\nInto a suffocating suspension
\nAnd shipping me straight to the
\nLand of Syrupy, Sweet dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Natalie Bedrossian<\/strong> is a senior at the University of Southern California. She is an English Major, Psychology Minor, and TO student who is on a three-year track. She wants to be an entertainment attorney in the future, and will hopefully attend law school beginning in the Fall of 2021. She loves animals, especially her two dogs Flash\u00a0and Max\u2014even when they don\u2019t love her back and just want to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-3173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-2020","tag-poetry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSweet Dreams<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2020\/sweet-dreams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sweet Dreams - Palaver Arts Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2020\/sweet-dreams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Palaver Arts Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/palaver.arts.magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-01T07:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-29T00:54:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2023\/06\/palaver-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"710\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"198\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"akcannon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2020\/sweet-dreams\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2020\/sweet-dreams\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"akcannon\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/palaver\/#\/schema\/person\/8ac801b3c8176b6860207b43ecbe9e78\"},\"headline\":\"Sweet Dreams\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-01T07:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-29T00:54:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2020\/sweet-dreams\/\"},\"wordCount\":2,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/palaver\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Poetry\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Issue 07: Spring 2020\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2020\/sweet-dreams\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2020\/sweet-dreams\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2020\/sweet-dreams\/\",\"name\":\"Sweet Dreams - 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