These forgotten moments woke me up

escaping from or running towards
some urgent destination
going down a mountain
following a stream
with another man
close friend or new acquaintance
hard to tell
realize I have a paycheck
in my back pocket
he tells me it is going to fall out
I don't care
we descend quickly
laughing at our speed
at one point
where the creek is shallow
we are riding the current
to add to our speed
later he asks me
if I still have the paycheck
I had forgotten about it
I can't find it in my back pocket
but I do find another un-cashed check
that was an advance for a speech
I was supposed to have given
that I had also forgotten
these two forgotten moments
which may have referenced
an earlier storyline in the dream
these forgotten moments woke me up