Well, technically never expected to see in real life.
Let me explain that. At this point in my life, I was used to my unusually vivid dreams. Most of them were just random conglomerations of bits of my daily life combined with a completely nonsense plot-line.
But this thing in front of me something that often showed up in my dreams. I had always chalked it up to some sort of sci-fi idea my brain figured I needed. But now, staring it down, it was definitely something I didn't need.
Whatever this dream thing was, it was almost as tall as a skyscraper and at least as long as two schools stuck together. And it was just floating in the middle of my neighborhood.
I pondered it for another second. Actually, it looked like a giant grandma had strung her dark curtain across the street. Weird.
Once making that connection, I probably stared at it for ten minutes, with a mixture of fear, pure annoyance, and maybe a little excitement.
I started to think, maybe I could finally be like those kids in the books. The ones who got to go on all sorts of wild, exciting adventures. Traveling across magical lands or flying through space.
The insane, impulsive voice chimed in, saying do it! Be who you've idolized!. And my heart sided with that little voice.
No! I thought, I'm not going to just walk through a giant grandma curtain because my heart wants to be a book character. I'll probably die anyway.
Despite all my internal reckoning, I let myself stare at it for a few more minutes.
Then I turned from the curtain and took the other path home.
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