The Nation itself hanging over me

I am in a cave, crawling out. The ceiling above me is the underside of a huge globe of stone. I feel I’m in danger – it could fall and crush me – and yet I imagine that it won’t, I imagine the force of gravity pulling it down is fully matched by the centrifugal force of our spinning globe sending it up. And yet I crawl with some anxiety – and it’s as if I’m crawling through or past the states of the Union – what is their order? – North Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho . . . what comes next? I can’t really remember and I feel somewhat paralyzed, it’s hard to move, the Nation itself hanging over me.

-Lewis
Dream occurred 2/1/2025