dreamfossil
/ˈdriːmˌfɒsəl/nounVerified NewAlso in: Traumfossil (Deutsch) · sueñofósil (Español) · rêvefossile (Français)
A dream from years ago that resurfaces intact, preserved in the sediment of memory long after the night that made it.
The dreamfossil is the one everybody has: a staircase, a field, a room behind a room, dreamt at nine and excavated at forty without a grain of loss. Scientists of sleep cannot explain the preservation; the rest of the night's output erodes by breakfast, but this one piece was laid down in stone.
Etym. — dream + fossil — the paleontology of the inner life; some dreams are buried, most are weathered.
Rel. — dreamshard · somnilith · nightarchaeology
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