Black Bugs

[Sherriann]

I was outside holding a laundry basket when I noticed a large grouping of bugs on one of the pillow cases. They looked like black flax seed. When I tried to gather and remove them, they clung to my hand and some opened their wings to look like small greenish yellow flies. When they opened their wings, they emitted some bluish tinged crusty substance that burned on my skin. I rushed into the house to wash them off and when the water hit them, they all opened their wings and my hand was covered with the blue stuff and burning like crazy. More water washed the stuff off and then I looked down..... Both my feet were covered in the bugs. I started to scream for my husband but the sound wouldn't come. I finally managed to squeak out his name when I heard him rustling in his bed. The end.

This dream is probably a throwback to watching the news last night about the Zika virus and the Olympics in Brazil. I felt fear when I watched that news report but why would my unconscious choose to foment a dream about it? Just like the computer reboot dream, I was a participant.