DREAMER

there was an alien in the Ready Room off the bridge of the British Airways flight to NY

a new plane
experimental and retro
glass dome with seating like an amphitheatre
pilots flew from in the middle 
like pizza chefs in Pizza Express

the alien was like the one in the film Alien
all exoskeleton and loose limbs and shining saliva

in this dream 
the thing was 
that i didnt know 
if i was in a video game or acting on tv or cheese-dreaming

reality was in flux

i had a controller like on a Playstation
but i didnt know if it was the right one
there
were
many controllers tangled over the floor of the Ready Room
and
anyway
the alien was killing the SHIT out of me

i went to take a seat
(i was under the impression i did this once a week)
i was
dizzy under the sky over the dome 
i left 
the alien drooling acid and thrashing his bony tail
in some weird hologram 
of 
blue and red fire

i found a stairway behind the pilots and followed it down
to thrumming rockets and a heat haze

then
i
fell
out
into blue sky