Can you lie to yourself in your dreams?

I had just woken up from a nap. Had a weird dream about a girl I once knew. I wanted to date her for so long, but I was, you know, in elementary school at the time and had no idea what I was doing.

Had another chance in high school, but I was a weird kid and I blew that chance too. Never saw her again, but in my dream I was talking to Nicolas Cage and he seemed to remember dating her. He was really nice about it. Asked me if I liked her and I said I didn’t because, in my dream, he was dating her at the time.

That was a lie, I had liked her.

Then I woke up. My heart was racing and everything. I had lied, in a goddamn dream, and I felt terrible about it.

Even though it was late afternoon I poured myself a cup of coffee. Too much sugar and milk, but I drank it anyway.

I had liked her, and I lied about it to Nicolas, freak’n, Cage.

There is a lesson in this somewhere. Possibly in a deeply repressed part of my mind. You should never fall asleep next to your son when he is watching YouTube clips.

You’ll never know what dreams will be like or if they’ll make you into a liar.