I Dream Of Eminem

In this dream I was indoors and decided to go outside to the dumpster where a bunch of people were gathering. I recognized they were doing this because in the dream the lockdown orders associated with COVID-19 had ceased, and they were obtaining items people had thrown away in the said dumpster. I came accross a pile of computer and small synthesizer keyboards, and collected about five synth keyboards. There were more, but I desisted from taking all of them so that none of the people there could object to my *petite pianoforte* hoarding.

After being prepared to head back with my newfound cache of fresh *mini-music-makers* I stopped as as a nearby guy began singing what I recognized as the beginning of Eminem's *Venom* with a slight variation on the opening lyrics:

"When the world gives you a raw deal /
Refuses to sell to you a copy of *Minecraft*! /"
The song's instrumental accompaniment was also present. There the dream ended as I woke up.

## Notes

Before I went to sleep I'd gone through some songs in my head in an attempt to prime my mind for devising music in my sleep. One of these was Vera Lynn's *We'll Meet Again*, because it has such a catchy melody. Instead of something bucolic however I got an adreneline-filled Eminem song. Which I didn't mind, because I like Eminem. Pretty cool I got any music in my dreams.

This variation on the Eminem snippet then inspired me to create a rap about *Minecraft* (oh yeah how original, I know), to the tune of *Venom* as follows:

Knock knock Notch is here and he drops apples so grab your sword and gear
Equipped with stacks of ender pearls I'm over here now over there
I'll rip and tear through these noobies who still believe in Herobrine
These six-year olds on their X-Box I'm here to make new paradigms
Your combative tactics are cheap, twenty cents, like a pair of dimes
Be aware at times you won't know I'll explode like a buried mine
So change your skin to Barney cause you're barely a third as scary
Go back to PBS an episode of *Teletubbies*'s airing
Chick chick chick is my pick when I'm mining diamonds I'm strip-mining
Hiss hiss hiss I hear a sound behind me but I'm never minding
Cause I got a totem of undying, I fight with Nethterite
So tonight I might wipe quite literally all life out of sight
Between you and me concede I'm the best MC in MC I keep
Meter steady like repeaters repeat after me your defeat
Is garunteed I eat MCs in syllabic chunks of sixteen
My limit's way over two-to-the-eighth power when I'm rapping
Compose a will to whomever you will
Tell them *adieu* and so long
Cause when you're versusing me
There's is no returning
Either in *Minecraft* or in this song
Mining all the diamond ores and grinding for all the Netherite
Occupied fighting hoards of enderman, skeletons and endermites
At a moments notice I won't hesitate to spit double-time
Triple-trouble with tridents even Poseidan would idolize
...and I'd go farther but that's just to demonstrate the dream gave me inspiration. I shall attempt something similar the following night.

**Dreamer:** Vendellium

**Dreamed:** Sunday 10 May 2020

**𝕍𝔼ℕ𝔻𝔼𝕃𝕃𝕀𝕌𝕄'𝕊 𝔻ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕄𝕊**

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