Mrs. Hamilton jerks nearly awake. In bizarre dream she is navigating across river when raft plummets over waterfall, lands in swamp, loses outboard motor:

Vertiginous drop from high altitude,

Exotic freefall into roiling bog,

Raft overturns, escaping Evinrude

Tears swath of clarity through marshland fog;

Immersed in preternatural lagoon

Grim castaway's remaining hopes are soon

Obliterated by fast-rolling log..

Housewife sits bolt upright in bed just split seconds before log crushes cranium. Now fully alert, compl... Show more