SOUP DE JOUR

Running by the Franklin Hospital today I see a poster listing the signs of stroke: sudden dizziness, sudden numbness, sudden confusion ! Well, I have them all.
Except confusion. That is not Sudden .

My mother's highrise in Boston has a large elevator with an even larger post inside WARNING . THIS ELEVATOR IS NOT SAFE . Well , I consider myself warned.
A policeman woman waits for all the elevator travelers in the lobby.
I wonder why.

I was told to forget about Past and Future and just live the Present.
Only to discover that NOW is that silent breath between two thoughts,
that I can never reach ...