Note about this poem from Wendy Chen for MQR's Winter 2024 issue: This poem emerged out of my engagement with the work of Hélène Cixous. After reading her texts Dream I Tell You and Hyperdream—from which this poem borrows its title—I was thinking about the relationship between dreams, death, time, and family. At the time, I was trying my hand at keeping a dream journal, and this poem is centered on an actual dream I had after learning about my grandmother's stroke. Dreams for me are often full of emotionally resonant imagery, and I hoped to translate those images onto the page in this poem.