in a dream

I am on a forest path. I pass a house, and two grey cats with greenish yellow eyes come out and approach me. They are friendly, and crawl up onto my back, perched on me as I walk. One gets down close to my right hand, grabs it with both paws, and starts licking it. I think this is cute, and let him do this for what seems like a long time.
When he finally stops and jumps off me, I look down at my hand and see a small hole that goes all the way to the bone, right under my index finger. I didn't realize that at the same time he was licking, he was also burrowing this hole into my palm with his claw. As I look at it closer, the hole becomes bigger until it is a little smaller than a quarter. I see the bone very clearly, and I move my hand about to see the bones move inside.
There is no pain at all, and I marvel at this fact.

around the house

2009
day one