May 02, 2025, Evo Numy
I dreamt.
I met with my ex-boyfriend, A. He had just got back from a different country, he tried to be an ESL teacher but it did not work out for him. We were catching up and somehow, we ended up hooking up. My boyfriend, J, walked in on us.
“What the fuck is happening?!” J said.
“Um, I’m making a mistake.” I said. J walked away.
I sat down with A and had a conversation with him. He wanted to get back together, I was unsure. We started to talk about politics. He assumed I was still a conservative and started talking about the great things Trump is doing.
“Wait wait wait,” I said. “I do not support Republicans anymore and Trump is running this country into the ground.”
“What do you mean?” A said. “Trump is making the government more efficient.”
“What the hell are you talking about?!” I said. “He defunded the Department of Education, which provides funding for low income families. He got rid of testing for milk and now children are getting sick. He’s doing awful things to immigrants and making children defend themselves in court! What good thing is he doing?!”
A was speechless after all that. He saw that I had changed a lot. I took him out into my backyard and showed him my garden. He saw garden boxes filled with veggies and flowers.
“Look at this garden,” I said. “This is all I ever wanted. I just wanted a house to stay in, a garden to grow things and a partner who wants these same things. You didn’t want this. You wanted to travel to different countries and move around. I didn’t want to travel, I want to stay in one place. We don’t want the same things.”
A looked around and picked up a birdhouse. “This is nice, did J build this?”
“Yes, he’s very good at building things. He built most of these garden boxes and helped me with the garden.” I said. “A, I don’t think we’ll work out. I want to stay with J because he wants the same things as I do.”
I awoke.