1996/7/14 Anzai Toshihiro Derailed Roller Coaster


(dream) The station is down a bit from a low hill. The metropolitan railwayfare is 80 yen, but there are only 70-yen and 90-yen tickets in the multiple-ticket book. I tear out a 70-yen ticket, add 10 yen, and buy a train ticket. I am told that a torn out 90-yen ticket is invalid. I am dissatisfied with the explanation.

The train departed from the top of a high hill. Commanding a panoramic view of Tokyo, the train slowly traverses an art museum surrounded by grass. This is the first time IÕve taken this train, but with a view this pleasant, I'd like to ride it from time to time.

The train is structured like a roller coaster, and there are boys in the back car. A boy with a large, fava bean-shaped head, is about to fall out, so I sit him in front of me and brace him firmly with my both legs.

Meanwhile, only the car I am in derails, and I am riding on a regular road. The car is not powered, so my only recourse is to use downhill momentum to get up hills. With this, I reach my destination.

The fava bean head boy is from a local orphanage and wears a name tag around his neck. I stop at a hospital along the way and phone the orphanage.

Somehow or other I make it to Korakuen rail single-handed. "This train derailed midway," I explain to a station worker. The fava bean head boy is concerned about one of his other friends. Upon inquiry he is told, "that kid was weak, he's dead."


return to "Dreams Often Seen"