Monday, October 21, 2024

The rope bridge April 9, 2014


her post yesterday brought the whole story home to our office, although it is unclear just who she sees as the villain and what she was trying to say except to claim she has finally won

 this may be a response to my posting a story called “rainy day”

in her part, she said she had a dream in which he ran through our office building carrying a just completed article and was greeted by people asking what are you doing back.

she said she told them she had a deadline and then realized she made a wrong turn, corrected this and ran up the stairs then up a rope ladder to a rope bridge that led to the boss's office on the way up people there kept telling her how it sucks to work here

she responded oh yeah

“While I haven't worked here for 2 years and it still sucks,” she said. “I win.”

the others nodded in agreement as they watched her scurry over the rope bridge ,her article clutched and wrinkling as she wondered if they'd accept it wrinkled

she also thought to herself she shouldn't be going to these things for a job she doesn't even have anymore she's letting herself be taken advantage of again but she has to do this she told herself

then as she imagined it would, the bridge started slowly giving out, one of the supporter robes began to slide out and the bridge turned sideways and she grabbed onto the stable ropes with her legs.

she said she watched the supporting rope disappear through a hole and she grabbed the tail end of it just before she plunged three stories down. she didn't grab the whole thing only a few frayed strands of it as people gasped and anticipation of her fall, calling her, to tell her how brave she was and she says she can't do it

She struggled to keep hold of the stable piece of rope, her muscles burning as she clumsily tied the strands back to a loose rope and missing the knot, tying too slowly in her mind. she felt she wasn't going to make it

but it last minute she tied them together and just as she was pulling herself back to the bridge she woke up.

 it was an interesting and telling dream. Usually in these sort of panic “I'm in danger” dreams which she has quite often, she can't get the rope together,r she can't save herself she keeps digging herself deeper into danger

and she noted she usually didn't have the cheering section or self-awareness in other dreams that she had this one

she woke up full of self-doubt which faded as she grew more awake. she had saved herself; people rooting for; she had made progress this gave her hope

she said today was a hard day for her.  it is an ugly anniversary but she is in good hands and had a very prominent cheering section. she has to tie the threads of rope together for herself but she is strong enough now

it is difficult for my point of view to tell whether this was a real dream or something she made up

but I suspect it was real and it reveals to details of what happened at her office and shows she still resolved all the issues here.

it may even be a response to the song

I am assuming and since each piece in the dream has some intended symbolic meaning but disguised for her current leadership so us to not give too much away

The poems covers some of the same ground her poem “trickle up” does and since she yanked that down  there is no ways to know just how conscious all of its.

 what she does it really is

 it stands a reason she does not want to reveal too much and yet still managed to convey the message that she's back on track to gaining a Fame and Glory  she has waited all her life for

perhaps she is using the piece to intentionally post about how she manages to survive despite her worst intentions

 I have to believe I am the wrong turn she took at our office

this concept of return to our office has always been a fear in the back of my mind since she retained ties to the owner or former temporary boss are gossip and perhaps others

her climb to the top came as a correction when she realized that I was not part of the power grid at the office and this led to a rope ladder and a rope bridge to our owner's office

people like our former temporary boss and office gossip kept telling her how much it sucked to work at the office and the fact she hasn't worked there in 2 years and still sucks means she won

 whether this is because she's moved on or had better relationship over a shaky bridge clutching her story and wondering if wrinkled story is acceptable

at this point the essay takes an interesting turn, pondering why she had to go so far for a job she no longer has, letting herself be taken advantage of again and yet she felt compelled to continue on nonetheless

I'm not sure exactly what she means by this passage but it could refer to her continued sexual relationship with the owner that she needs not to continue since she no longer has a job yet kept up just the same

then the bridge gave out just as she imagined it would one of the supporting ropes began to slide out and she went sideways and grabbed onto the stable rope with her legs and extremely sexual image suggesting she kept hold of the remaining stable figure through sex even as this began to slip too into its hole and she clutch the end and a few fragile strains and audience gasping that she is near disaster, admiring her bravery as she resists the three-story plunge down from our owners office (which is on the third floor of our building)

somehow she managed to put the rope back together as she woke up.

If only Dr. Thomas was available, he might advise me on the deeper meanings.


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