i see dead people

by jebni on September 29, 2003

This is a conversation that my father recorded when I was about five years old, after I’d had a dream:

I fell down onto Hell. There was fire — it was all red.

Did you see any people?

I saw some skeletons.

Were the skeletons moving?

No… they were dead people.

Did you see anyone else?

Oh yes… I saw the Devil! He had blue lips.

Did he have any teeth?

Sharp teeth. He made a fence of a his teeth.

A what?

A fence. Well, I was lying down on Hell, and the Devil — he had sharp teeth. Then he took out his teeth, and made them into a fence, around me.

2 comments

i think you had an extremely cool dad.

by jean on 29 September 2003 at 5:54 pm. #

Nahh Ben you were definitely younger than 5 – maybe 4. The cassette tape recording features one very cute baby-accented voice. I think you should put the recording on line. In fact, on this here blog.

by Lena on 29 September 2003 at 11:17 pm. #