1
Half-empty cups scattered through every room.
No wonder I can't find a clean one when
making myself another coffee. I can't
find a clean shirt to wear and discover them
all in the washing machine still damp from the
cycle a few days ago.
2
The days are going very quickly or maybe
it's because I'm sleeping so much.
4
I'm reading three (or is it four?) books at the
moment and the plots are becoming a bit
confusing. But the sixth one is really good!
It’s about this person who
5
I paid a bill twice this week, or was that
last week? Or maybe I paid two bills
twice, I'm not sure.
I’m watching a new series on Netflix. I
watched the same episode three times
before I realised that it's not the plot that
is slow.
6
7
I drive to the hospital (in yesterday’s clothes. I can’t
find anything clean to wear) for my rehab appointment
and get lost. By the time I find the right building I have
a headache and am so confused I fail the cognitive and
recall tests. They assure me there were five shapes I
should recall but I’m pretty sure they didn't show me one
of them. They stop the physio test almost immediately
and say they don't want to make things worse for me.
They're all very kind and gentle but I can tell
they think I'm more injured than I really am.
8
My friends call me to ask how I'm going but
I can't recall what I tell them. The next time they
call me they tell me they realised how ill I am by
my confusion on the previous call. I paid a bill
twice last week.
8
I purchased an audio sound system
from out of the back of some guy’s van in a car
park. I arrived home feeling good about something
I purchased for forty-five dollars. I
didn’t realise until I saw the email from
my bank - the receipt was for $450.00
I found the speakers in the back of my car the
next day when I went grocery shopping.
9
I got a phone call while driving into town the
other day. When the call finished I found
myself in a part of town I hadn’t seen for
decades and had no memory of driving there.
10
The rehab people have put me under “house
arrest” saying I am a danger to myself and
to others. I don’t remember meeting anybody
to be a danger to.
11
My boss rang me to see how I am going, and
told me that everyone at work sent their
‘Get-well-soon’ wishes. She told me that Troy
had come around to fix something for me.
I wonder what needed fixing?
12
All this stuff keeps arriving in the mail and on
the courier. I don’t know who’s buying it all but
luckily I like everything that has turned up so far.
13
I think I'll be able to go back to work on
Monday, part-time of course, but apparently
Monday was yesterday so it must be next
week. I think.
14
There’s four hundred and fifty dollars gone
from my bank account and I don’t know why!
MDC
October/November/December 2020
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