My Spiderman Dream
When I was a kid, I had a dream where I finally became Spider-Man the same Spider-Man I’d been practicing in reality. You know how kids take cartoons too seriously? That was me. Climbing chairs, jumping on beds, hanging from door frames,my mum almost considered taking me to the zoo because I nearly jumped off our staircase rails like gorilla pikin.
Finally, one night, my dream answered me. I wore my full Spider-Man costume, tight tight like village masquerade. Our mission? To save a whole nation from monsters, just like PJ Masks. But instead of jets or armored cars, guess what? We went with a bike. Yes o, Spider-Man on okada But in dreamland, I no send. The okada was flying like Ferrari. We got there and saw terrorists looking like aliens. Before they could even shout Action!!! I had already jumped in like hero. But that’s when they nightmare started.
I stretched my hand to release cobweb nothing came out. I tried to do monkey jump omo, I couldn’t even cross gutter😂. That was when I knew that I was finished.You know how dreams always do my fellow Spider-Men vanished. I was alone, surrounded by monsters. I started shouting:
Jesus of Nazareth, have mercy oo!!! Daddy, come and save me!!! Mummy, come and see monster ooo!!!!
My breathing became so heavy my parents rushed into my room. And you know African mothers no time to waste. My mum carried her anointing oil like AK-47, ready to fire down any evil spirit.
That night, I drank oil till I was bloated. Still, I carried my pillow and followed them to their room, because abeg, I wasn’t about to sleep alone.By morning, I told them my dream. My parents laughed, but my mum laughed the most. She said:
“So I wasted my anointing oil on terrorist aliens? If I had known, I would have allowed the monsters to beat you small in place of all the plastic buckets and chairs you’ve broken in this house doing Spider-Man training"
That day, I reconsidered my cartoon obsession. I even tried switching to Barbie, but Barbie wasn’t as adventurous as Spider-Man. In the end, I gave up on choosing cartoon favourites and focused on reality. Because that Spider-Man dream Omo, it almost gave me a super cardiac attack.
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