Yesterday, I saw an old gumball machine at a garage sale and I stood in front of it and thought, “Man, I sure would like to have a gumball machine.”
And then I thought, “What in the world would you do with a gumball machine?”
And I walked away.
But last night I dreamed of the gumball machine.
In my dream, the words “Complete galaxy inside!” were printed in gold on the glass front. And when I put my quarter in and turned the handle, a planet, small and glowing, shot into my hands.
“Hold onto it,” said a voice.
The planet was hot. It was burning my hands.
“Don’t drop it,” said the voice.
“I won’t,” I said.
I looked into my cupped hands. I had never seen anything so bright in my life.
I thought, “I am going to collect the whole galaxy!”

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