Was the end near?
Had the whole world gone mad?
This isn't at all
what I had expected.
Was this really happening?

I paused to ask Jeff
if he thought we might actually 
be in somebody's dream.
He seemed to consider this:
the two of us in someone's dream.

It began to sound more and more
like a genuine possibility.
Imagine!  Could it be so?
Cautiously, so as not to draw attention,
I turned to face him,

and I posed the question.
He looked absorbed in my idea.
"Well, dear," I warned.
"You'd better pray that this  
somebody doesn't wake up!"