The Dream Catcher

I've decided to begin jotting down notes about my dreams, immediately after waking up.  I'll have to write quickly - dreams tend to fade from my memory like puffs of smoke.  Why are dreams so difficult to retain?  I don't care, I aim to cheat with cliff notes.  It's like sitting through nightly lectures from a mumbling professor that hardly speaks English - if you want to remember anything you better listen closely and take damn good notes.  If anything, this daily exercise should make for good material.  If dreams are the window to the subconsciousness, it's time to take the screen down.  Moths, birds, ladies, tigers, dragons, dinosaurs, come in, come in!