August 8, 2009
I dream Deborah has just arrived for a visit with me and Gail. When I am alone for a few moments with Deborah, I see there are specks of blood on her face. I ask her what the hell happened. She says she had to rescue a cat who had hung himself from her shower rod. She couldn’t untie him, so she had to find a pair of scissors and cut him down. I tell her to clean up, but she insists she doesn’t look that bad. Later on, I see that the cat has a collar and I impulsively cut the collar off with a pair of scissors. The cat suddenly has a burst of energy because he is finally free.

September 3, 2001
I dream I am looking for magic shops below Cottman Avenue and I find one I used to visit. An ex-girlfriend who works there sends me downstairs to talk to “the boys.” I can see the boys through a glass window. They are sliding cats down a banister and laughing as the cats crash into the window. I think about calling the cops on them, but I decide I don’t like cats anyway.

September 18, 1996
I dream Gail and I are guests at David Mamet’s apartment. I see through the window a suspicious-looking man swinging from a vine. He appears to be stranded, so I call 911. As I watch the swinging man from a crouching position, one of Mamet’s cats, a black panther, sweeps by me luxuriously. He feels good, but I know I’m in danger. I nonchalantly walk into the bathroom and lock the door behind me. Later on, Gail complains because I have to stay at Mamet’s apartment, I’m too cheap to get a motel.

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