In the fog

"Say you see someone else's poem in a dream,and then reuse it in the real world—would that be guilty?""A dream is a product of your own brain, so—innocent, I'd say.""But what if a poem you'd once seen in the real worldwas the inspiration used inside that dream?""Then there'd be an original author, so—guilty, I'd say.""But what if that 'real world' was also just a dream?""Then maybe even that verdict of guilty is also a dream.""And if someone who saw this very poem, after waking up,went ahead and reused it—what do you think would happen?""Someone who saw that poem, after waking up,would probably go on and reuse it too."