A Dream from Our Second Fateful Night at the Downtowner Motel, Houghton, Mich.

taking math test at parents' home co-written by [HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER] and [COLLEAGUE]. test is over 5 pages long, does not include space for working problems, and includes a disturbing array of impossible factoring probelms. i attempt one at random and find that it includes the numbers 2 and 5 and no common variables and therefore cannot be factored further. i realize that my teachers must therefore have SOME WAY THAT THEY WANT ME TO EXPRESS MYSELF THAT IS MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE AND MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE and that the test is completely unfair. i think about telling my mother to complain to my teachers. somehow i call in sick to taking the exam in a classroom and am told i can take it at home. i eat and masturbate instead, but i still for some reason am nervous about the test that means nothing to me. i am attempting to understand the reason for my nervousness when i wake up.