wordlist from Daniel Van Thomas' "Marlon Brando's Iguana"

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  1. access
    the right to enter
    SO.

    in my good suit (one)I run thru the desert to the catholic high school
    were my sister is having a costume ball, passing by the pink bathroom
    for little people which for some reason has a peephole on the outside
    & then passing george hw bush giving some sort of lecture for honor
    students in a cowboy hat to find my sister, who I think for baseless
    reasons might have access to or know someone who otherwise has access
    to iguana food. why am I dreaming this?,
  2. alright
    in a good or acceptable way
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not
  3. anyway
    in any way whatsoever
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  4. apex
    the highest point of something
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    right at y...
  5. auction
    the public sale of something to the highest bidder
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  6. auction off
    sell at an auction
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  7. auctioneer
    an agent who conducts a public sale to the highest bidder
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer a...
  8. bachelor
    a man who has never been married
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  9. bald
    lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing com...
  10. banana
    a treelike herb bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  11. bard
    a lyric poet
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  12. baseless
    without a foundation in reason or fact
    SO.

    in my good suit (one)I run thru the desert to the catholic high school
    were my sister is having a costume ball, passing by the pink bathroom
    for little people which for some reason has a peephole on the outside
    & then passing george hw bush giving some sort of lecture for honor
    students in a cowboy hat to find my sister, who I think for baseless
    reasons might have access to or know someone who otherwise has access
    to iguana food. why am I dreaming this?,
  13. bathroom
    a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
    SO.

    in my good suit (one)I run thru the desert to the catholic high school
    were my sister is having a costume ball, passing by the pink bathroom
    for little people which for some reason has a peephole on the outside
    & then passing george hw bush giving some sort of lecture for honor
    students in a cowboy hat to find my sister, who I think for baseless
    reasons might have access to or know someone who otherwise has access
    to iguana food. why am I dreaming this?,
  14. bodily
    of or relating to or belonging to the body
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  15. catch up
    learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  16. catholic
    comprehensive or broad-minded in tastes and interests
    SO.

    in my good suit (one)I run thru the desert to the catholic high school
    were my sister is having a costume ball, passing by the pink bathroom
    for little people which for some reason has a peephole on the outside
    & then passing george hw bush giving some sort of lecture for honor
    students in a cowboy hat to find my sister, who I think for baseless
    reasons might have access to or know someone who otherwise has access
    to iguana food. why am I dreaming this?,
  17. caught up
    having become involved involuntarily
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  18. chartreuse
    of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  19. cookbook
    a book of recipes and cooking directions
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  20. cowboy
    a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
    SO.

    in my good suit (one)I run thru the desert to the catholic high school
    were my sister is having a costume ball, passing by the pink bathroom
    for little people which for some reason has a peephole on the outside
    & then passing george hw bush giving some sort of lecture for honor
    students in a cowboy hat to find my sister, who I think for baseless
    reasons might have access to or know someone who otherwise has access
    to iguana food. why am I dreaming this?,
  21. cowboy hat
    a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown
    SO.

    in my good suit (one)I run thru the desert to the catholic high school
    were my sister is having a costume ball, passing by the pink bathroom
    for little people which for some reason has a peephole on the outside
    & then passing george hw bush giving some sort of lecture for honor
    students in a cowboy hat to find my sister, who I think for baseless
    reasons might have access to or know someone who otherwise has access
    to iguana food. why am I dreaming this?,
  22. crystallize
    cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    right at y...
  23. currently
    at this time or period
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  24. debutante
    a young woman making her formal entrance into society
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  25. desert
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing com...
  26. dragon
    a mythological creature with a reptile body and wings
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing comes walk...
  27. dream
    a series of images and emotions occurring during sleep
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing com...
  28. dreaming
    a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing com...
  29. eating
    the act of consuming food
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    right at y...
  30. entirety
    the state of being total and complete
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  31. fat
    a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing com...
  32. food
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    right at y...
  33. hardwood
    the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  34. high school
    a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
    SO.

    in my good suit (one)I run thru the desert to the catholic high school
    were my sister is having a costume ball, passing by the pink bathroom
    for little people which for some reason has a peephole on the outside
    & then passing george hw bush giving some sort of lecture for honor
    students in a cowboy hat to find my sister, who I think for baseless
    reasons might have access to or know someone who otherwise has access
    to iguana food. why am I dreaming this?,
  35. hobbit
    an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  36. homestead
    the house and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  37. iguana
    large tropical American arboreal lizard with a spiny crest
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-prese
  38. imaginary
    not based on fact; unreal
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    right at y...
  39. in question
    open to doubt or suspicion
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  40. incidentally
    by the way (used to introduce a new topic)
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer a...
  41. jersey
    a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  42. kimono
    a loose robe originating in Japan
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  43. knocking
    the sound of knocking
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing com...
  44. lizard
    relatively long-bodied reptile with legs and a tapering tail
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  45. loft
    a large unpartitioned space over a commercial space
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    right at y...
  46. lounge
    sit or recline comfortably
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  47. maharajah
    a great raja
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  48. man-sized
    calling for the strength of a man
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  49. masquerade
    a party of guests wearing costumes and disguises
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer a...
  50. memorabilia
    objects that are valued because of their link to historical events or a particular interest
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  51. need
    require or want
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing com...
  52. noiselessly
    without a sound
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  53. ongoing
    currently happening
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an
  54. pad
    a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  55. paperback
    (of books) having a flexible binding
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  56. pass by
    move past
    SO.

    in my good suit (one)I run thru the desert to the catholic high school
    were my sister is having a costume ball, passing by the pink bathroom
    for little people which for some reason has a peephole on the outside
    & then passing george hw bush giving some sort of lecture for honor
    students in a cowboy hat to find my sister, who I think for baseless
    reasons might have access to or know someone who otherwise has access
    to iguana food. why am I dreaming this?,
  57. peephole
    a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
    SO.

    in my good suit (one)I run thru the desert to the catholic high school
    were my sister is having a costume ball, passing by the pink bathroom
    for little people which for some reason has a peephole on the outside
    & then passing george hw bush giving some sort of lecture for honor
    students in a cowboy hat to find my sister, who I think for baseless
    reasons might have access to or know someone who otherwise has access
    to iguana food. why am I dreaming this?,
  58. pet
    a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing com...
  59. pink
    of a light shade of red
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  60. podium
    a platform raised above the surrounding level
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  61. polyester
    a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing com...
  62. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  63. presumably
    by reasonable assumption
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  64. prowl
    move about in or as if in a predatory manner
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  65. realize
    be fully aware or cognizant of
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    right at y...
  66. redbrick
    of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-prese
  67. relatively
    by comparison to something else
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  68. remembering
    the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  69. reptile
    a cold-blooded vertebrate including snakes and lizards
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  70. resonant
    characterized by a loud deep sound
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  71. shill
    a decoy who helps stimulate the participation of others
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  72. silks
    the brightly colored garments of a jockey
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  73. sister
    a female person who has the same parents as another person
    SO.

    in my good suit (one)I run thru the desert to the catholic high school
    were my sister is having a costume ball, passing by the pink bathroom
    for little people which for some reason has a peephole on the outside
    & then passing george hw bush giving some sort of lecture for honor
    students in a cowboy hat to find my sister, who I think for baseless
    reasons might have access to or know someone who otherwise has access
    to iguana food. why am I dreaming this?,
  74. sized
    having a specified size
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  75. storybook
    a book containing a collection of stories
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  76. sub
    a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  77. tabby
    having patchy gray, brown, and black coloring
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  78. tabby cat
    a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the comp
  79. tank
    a large vessel for holding gases or liquids
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  80. teenage
    being of the age 13 through 19
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer a...
  81. Tennessee
    a state in east central United States
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer a...
  82. Tennessee Williams
    United States playwright (1911-1983)
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his frien
  83. thinking
    endowed with the capacity to reason
    all day I have been thinking of marlon brando's iguana

    ; this began last night, dreaming it up (jesus knows)
    where I'm living in a redbrick studio flat alone in a tex-mex desert
    & here comes brando knocking--but bald & fat in this here dream-present
    not the fugitive kind or the wild one
    but old dr moreau past his prime & phoning it in--
    in his sky blue polyester suit & open collar
    he says to me, he says:I need you to watch for me my pet iguana

    alright?

    alright

    so the thing com...
  84. toothless
    lacking teeth
    It's man-sized & I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it,
    but marlon's gone fuckknowswhere by the time I even know I have a
    question. (this is starting to become like the time I water-dreamed
    that a tabby cat with fat eyes wrote the complete works of the bard.)
    .anyway.

    this chartreuse kimono dragon is prowling my hardwood floors, tail
    aswingin, doing that fearful thing where a reptile opens & closes its
    toothless pink mouth completely noiselessly--wrst of all, looking
    rig...
  85. trendy
    in accord with the latest fad
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  86. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  87. way out
    an opening that permits escape or release
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
  88. Williams
    English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer a...
  89. worthless
    lacking in usefulness or value
    (I'm asking this not in the
    dream but now)

    maybe I was thinking about Tennessee Williams yesterday.

    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought on the Night of the Iguana--
    & in thinking of Tennessee Williams
    I thought also on his friend, the actor Marlon Brando--

    SO. I pass by the devil at this teenage masquerade (actually I held
    the door for him just out of habit) but before I find my sister I
    realize I am late for my job which is incidentally serving as an
    auctioneer at an on...
Created on Sat Sep 19 15:01:35 EDT 2009 (updated Sat Sep 19 15:03:08 EDT 2009)

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