I woke today as if spiders had sewn me together, parts held to joints with sticky white threads.
My breakfast was like reading a historical textbook with no direction, no wisdom. I chewed large bites to finish it quickly. I did not know the name of what I was eating.
When I showered I forgot that I had woken up and eaten, put on my robe, taken it off. I couldn't remember anything that had happened. The shower congratulated me on an illustrious career and sent me to Florida with a gold watch. The watch didn't say what time it was.
I stood in the apartment naked for some time. I didn't need to be anywhere. Nobody would get angry if I stayed right there like that the whole day. I'd forgotten to dry myself and a small puddle formed at my feet. I pretended that the molecules of water were communities of human beings pilgrimaging to a shrine that imprisoned its God. They sang my praise and begged my mercy.
When I began to feel cold I put my robe back on. Silly man. Hardly even a man, just a child who lived by himself. Standing naked and wet, still, for that long! What foolishness. What a miserable morning.
Back.