Wishful Oneiric Conversation with a Baby

Man: I do not know whether I dreamt I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.

Baby: Neither. You’re a man hallucinating that he’s a 4th-century BC Chinese philosopher having an ontological crisis.

Man: Really?

Baby: Really. You’re so sleep deprived that five minutes ago you thought you were Vic Tayback on the set of “Alice.”

Man: Wow ….

Baby: Yeah. Wow.

Man: I should get some sleep.

Baby: Not until you feed me and clean up my poo.

Man: ….

Baby: You okay there, chief?

Man: WHY CAN’T I JUST BE A BUTTERFLY TONIGHT?

(Originally posted to Facebook on March 21, 2015 at 11:32 PM)

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