dreamtaxed
/ˈdriːmˌtækst/adjectiveVerified NewAlso in: traumbesteuert (Deutsch) · sueñogravado (Español) · rêveimposé (Français)
Taxed by a dream — paying the emotional levy the night imposed, with no refund and no receipt.
The dreamtaxed person is lighter by something they cannot name: the grief was deducted, the embarrassment was withheld, the tenderness was levied at source. The taxation is without representation, and the taxpayer's only recourse is the morning's appeal, which is never heard.
Etym. — dream + taxed — the fiscal metaphor for the dream's emotional cost; taxed is exactly the state of having had something levied.
Rel. — dreamtax · dreambruised
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