Dreaming
in
the
Past
Tense Last
night,
I
had
a
very
strange
dream.
It
took
place
back
in
the
year
1980,
when
my
parents
were
still
young
and
I
wasn't
even
born
yet.
In
the
dream,
I
found
myself
standing
on
a
street
corner
in
a
city
I
didn't
recognize.
The
buildings
were
all
older
and
more
run-down
than
what
I'm
used
to
seeing,
but
there
was
something
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about
them,
like
they
held
secrets
and
stories
that
had
yet
to
be
told. As
I
walked
down
the
street,
I
saw
people
laughing
and
talking
with
each
other,
wearing
clothes
that
looked
like
they
came
straight
out
of
an
episode
of
"Happy
Days".
I
passed
by
a
record
store
that
was
playing
music
by
The
Clash,
one
of
my
favorite
bands,
and
I
felt
a
twinge
of
jealousy
that
I
couldn't
have
been
around
to
see
them
live. I
continued
walking
and
soon
found
myself
in
front
of
a
movie
theater
showing
"The
Empire
Strikes
Back",
which
had
just
come
out
that
year.
I
couldn't
resist
the
temptation
to
see
it
again,
even
though
I
knew
I
had
already
watched
it
countless
times
in
the
present
day. As
I
bought
my
ticket
and
entered
the
theater,
I
felt
an
overwhelming
sense
of
nostalgia
for
a
time
that
I
had
never
even
experienced.
I
wished
I
could
have
stayed
there
forever,
surrounded
by
the
sounds
and
sights
of
a
decade
that
was
long
gone. But
eventually,
I
had
to
wake
up
and
come
back
to
reality.
As
I
opened
my
eyes,
I
felt
a
sense
of
loss
and
longing,
as
if
I
had
just
left
behind
a
part
of
myself
that
I
would
never
get
back. Dreams
like
these
always
leave
me
feeling
a
little
disoriented
and
out
of
place,
but
they
also
remind
me
of
the
power
of
the
human
imagination.
Even
though
I
wasn't
alive
during
the
1980s,
I
can
still
connect
to
that
time
and
imagine
what
it
must
have
been
like. Perhaps
that's
the
beauty
of
dreams-
they
allow
us
to
travel
through
time
and
space,
to
experience
things
that
we
may
never
get
a
chance
to
in
real
life.
And
even
though
we
may
wake
up
feeling
a
little
bit
sad,
we
can
always
hold
onto
the
memories
and
lessons
that
we've
learned
along
the
way.