Monday, September 17, 2012

Runaway Weddings

It started in a dark musky room.  There were 70's yellow wool curtains on the windows that didn't look like they had been open in years.  There were boxes in the closet that seemed as though someone had just put them there the day before to make it seem cleaner than it actually was but it only showed off the brown carpet even more.  I peaked my head outside the door to see what where I was.  From the door I could see my entire church that I used to go between the ages of 7 & 12, I was probably in the baptism waiting room.  All of the seats were filled, I recognized a few faces but not all that many and they all seemed very dreary and bored. 
Classical music began playing and I decided to go out exploring without being noticed.  I was able to sneak behind stage and go to the other side of the building.  I found a large part outside of the congregation room that was blocked off by a black curtain and a few stands.  I sat on the third from the top and saw Roohen there.  I asked him what was going on and he said that everyone was here for my wedding.  Then a group of young musicians came in and started playing contemporary music which was amazing!  Half way through the second song I told Roohen that I didn't want to get married since I didn't know who the groom was.  He thought this was a good excuse so we ran off to Germany. 
I remember driving down a whitish grey highway and getting off at a place that looked like Newfoundland (from the colourful houses).  They were too close together to be Canada then I noticed everyone speaking German.  I began to feel very familiar in the area so I followed my instincts and found myself in a place I had been before.  There was a Barn with a string of lights going across a long salty pool attaching onto a green house kitty-corner to it and a long picnic table.  There was music coming from the barn so Roohen went in there.  I sat amongst a group of people at the long picnic table to see what the occasion was.  Apparently it was Klaus's wedding but him & Lea had left already. 
One of the guys at the table was discussing about how the water pipes were rotting away in the city and that the ground water was very toxic and shouldn't be getting into the drinking water supply.  At this point Roohen was swimming in the long pool, I joined for a quick lap then came back to the table again.  They were still talking about the water supply.  We had a few other conversations that I don't quite remember. 
Then I woke up.

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