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	AMERICAN FILM RATINGS MAKE VIOLENCE SEXY: by Wayan; 1996/4/9, a rant and a proposal. Sex-and-violence is one word in America, because our ratings system TEACHES us to link them... CAUTION: THE F-WORD AND SENSIBLE IDEAS
	THE CULT OF DIRTY LAUNDRY: by Wayan; 1993/10/2, a dream-critique. I find the feminist principle "the personal is political" leads to some alarming consequences for privacy... CAUTION: POLITICS
	THE DANCE REPORTERS LIE: by Wayan; 1984/6/1, a dream on glitz and reality. High school reporters spy on a college dance. But the real action's not where they say... CAUTION: MAKING OUT, AND I DON'T GET ANY
	DICTY: by Wayan; 1990/5/?, a rantish poem on high-tech distraction A catalog of American addictions and the absurd distinctions we make between them.... CAUTION: EMBARRASSING DRUG LIST
	AN ELECTORAL DRAGON: by Wayan; 1998/10/21, a quasi-lucid dreamtale. In a world of bad haircuts, I meet a dragon running for office. But is this real, or a dream? Yes! It's...
	LIES!: by Wayan; 1992/7/10, a dream that thinks it's a two-page novel. To investigate a criminal couple, I have to lie. And that's hard, since all my lies turn true... CAUTION: NEW AGE AND FILM NOIR DON'T MIX
	LONELY NO MORE: by Wayan; 115K, 2000, a sculpture of American singlehood. The Dating Fairy, built on lonely evenings waiting for her to call me back--whoever "her" was that week... CAUTION: NUDITY, SEXUAL THEMES
	MORAL MINNOWS: by Wayan; 1992/9/15, a dream of deep politics. A dream explaining why everyone with any moral vision gets filtered out of politics now...
	ONLY A PIECE OF PAPER: by Wayan; 1980/12/15, a dreamsong. Kate Wolf sings that ads are way dirtier than porn. But my memory slowly twists her message...
	THE ROYAL NONESUCH: by Wayan; 1988/4/15, a dream on the media. My mom and sister take me to see a bondage film. But the movie steals my pants! I should have known... CAUTION: WORSE THAN PEEWEE HERMAN
	SELL THE GODS, AND RAISE HELL!: by Wayan; 1994/1/26, a dream riddle. Reactionaries smash a paper. To rebuild, the editor must sell tiki carvings! But gods don't LIKE being sold... CAUTION: MORAL QUANDARY
	SLEEPERS ALL: by Wayan; 2008/8/22, a dream poem, Dreamverse #12. I'm going mad! I'm an insomniac trapped in a flat full of snoring writers and reporters...
	TERESA'S BILLBOARDS: by Wayan; 1988/5/1, a dream about trust. Teresa mistrusts men. Her best friend Sabina comes on to me in front of Teresa, who blames me... CAUTION: NUDITY, BETRAYAL, GENDER PARANOIA
	TIGER TALL: by Wayan; 1992/7/3, a marathon dream. I'm a tiger from Planet Cat, visiting Earth to run in San Francisco's "Bay to Breakers" race. I knew racial tensions were high, but why is William S. Burroughs out to kill me? Oh. Because...
	A VALLEY NEAR HOPE: by Wayan; 155K, illustrated, 1984/10/17-19, an epic dream. I'm lost in a valley where unicorns love cyborgs but fear giant ants, who adore unicorns but hate cyborgs, who think ants are cute, but dread unicorns! And while the Three Tribes love and hate, cave-monsters sculpt them all. I set up peace talks between these four vertices of my tetrahedral soul, but what if I get what I want? Peace, love... transformation? What if those aren't cute and New Age? CAUTION: SWEARING, DRUNK LIONS, CYBORG SURGERY, AND GOGGLE-BARFING

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