There was no sign of life in the desert surrounding his building

He went back inside and turned on the TV

All the stations were in Arabic with no subtitles

Hunger pains led him to the kitchen

None of his usual bland stuff in the fridge and pantry

It had all been magically replaced by middle eastern delights

He settled for Turkish coffee and baklava

All his jeans and T shirts were missing from the closet

He tried on the Arabic robe and headgear

Admiring himself in the mirror and noticing his new long beard

He tugged hard on the beard to verify it was not fake

Intense pain proved it was real but how did it grow so fast he wondered

He walked all round his apartment talking out loud to himself

Asking if he was going mad or could this all be another dream

He even got in and out of bed to simulate waking up

But the dessert was still there and his beard was growing longer

Another futile ride in the elevator kept returning him to his own floor

The stairwells up and down went nowhere either 

He knocked on all the doors on his floor

Patiently waiting for somebody to answer before moving to the next 

On the fifth attempt he heard a voice inside and the door opened

It was his neighbor Kevin wearing shorts and a Hawaiian shirt

Kevin did not recognize him at first with the beard and robes

Hey Kevin something really weird is happening to me he said

Keven replied No shit man, you gotta come in and see this

He followed Kevin through his apartment and onto the balcony

The desert was no longer there having been replaced by a bustling island

Palm trees were swaying in the wind and the beach was crowded

He started yelling down to the people below

You are wasting your time said Kevin, they cannot hear or see you

Kevin showed him the massive HELP sign hung over his balcony railing

Nobody looks up or responds to this he shrugged

He led Kevin back to his apartment to show him the desert outside

A place where your imagination completely takes over your mind

Kevin was speechless looking out over the featureless desert

They went back inside trying to unravel what was happening to them

Amazingly they had both had the exact same dream about the giant and falling 

Kevin concluded that they were both stuck in the fourth dimension

So how do we escape from this fourth dimension? he asked Kevin

We will have to kill each other replied Kevin who then pulled out a gun