Jose Hernandez Diaz

A man fell asleep on the subway. He woke up in another city. When he got off the train, it began to rain sunflowers. It was the middle of winter. He lit a cigarette and walked to a park. He sat on a graffitied bench and wrote a poem. The poem was about sunflowers, winter, and the city. He went to the library and submitted the poem to various literary magazines. He titled it, "Sunflowers in the City."

A man swung an imaginary baseball bat at a pretend ball. He hit the fake ball over the illusory fence. The fantastic crowd roared. The man ran around the make-believe bases. He tried not to show too much joy, so as not to show up the alleged opposition. When he finally crossed a fictional home plate, he pointed up at the sky. After the game, he drank virtual beers with his whimsical teammates. Then he went home to sleep in his bed. He had imaginary dreams.