i dream i have a black hippo-like creature i take for a walk in the neighborhood. it starts out nice and calm though i may be a little nervous, and then the hippo starts running and crashing through hedges and a dog barks in a yard and the hippo disappears and i see a japanese musician i knew walking a little dog and he says how are you and i say good and then he walks up his stoop and i stand there a minute and wake up.