The Lapopo's

I dream a lot and from time to time I have really odd but cool dreams. The most recent dream I had takes place in a town that most of my dreams occur in. It's a town similar to Bisbee, Arizona (I have no idea why it resembles it or why they always occur there but trippy nonetheless. It's my fathers birth place so maybe that has something to do with it). Anyways I'm walking down the road when I come up to a shop that I've never seen before. The sign on top says "Lapopo's Cannonball & Cannon Emporium." A cannonball & cannon emporium, what the? As I approach the front door a woman comes out and greets me like a old friend. Let me tell you, she was dressed in a pretty interesting get up. Her dress was made up of paper clips. Her shoes were made of pigeon feathers and she was wearing a hat made of macoroni. She asked me how my mom was doing and whether she finally learned to tap dance backwards. Not wanting to be rude I told her she was doing fine and no she hadn't learned yet (how do you tap dance backwards?).

We go inside and wow, cannons and cannonballs everywhere but then again what was I expecting? She tells me to follow her and takes me around to show me their wares. From cannonballs made of foam for a softer impact to sugar free ones for diabetics, their cannon and cannonball collection was astounding. There was one cannon I really liked that was called the inverted cannon. You flew into the cannon instead of out it when the fuse was lit. The law of physics don't exist here. As we are walking towards the counter her husband falls from a cannon hanging from the roof. His get up was just as interesting as his wife's. He wore a pinstripe shirt with frayed khaki's and shoes that resemble a bullhorn. His hat looked like a giant fur ball. "Hey hey my friend, hows the snails treating you?" Again not wanting to be rude I reply "All's well, slow as ever," not knowing what he's talking about.

We all start walking towards the counter when Mr. Lapopo starts talking about their eating schedule. "Well Gabriel we have a set schedule on how we eat. We eat tomorrows meal today, yesterdays meal tomorrow and todays meal the day after." Being confused (confusion being the constant state I seemed to be in) I reply "Thats a good way to save time," not knowing if what he said or what I just said made any sense. "Well of course it does" he says. "We take the cannon business very seriously." From there Mrs. Lapopo asks if I want to try out one of the cannons. And of course right before I reply yes I wake up. Damn alarm clock goes off and I'm back in reality. Damn. Everytime the good bit comes up in my dreams I wake up. I sometimes ponder what events in my real life that may have inspired and triggered the dream I had. I may never know. Everynight though as I go to sleep I keep the hope that maybe one day I may visit that wonderful shop again.