Alzheimer’s

The saddest joke

When one of your parents unintentionally buys a single size mattress for a dual size boxspring but it doesn't really matter because the other parent isn't there anymore. I saw it in a dream. It woke me up to take this note.

it was hard to determine the precise moment when her gaze became tomorrowless although i remember the thick smell of sheets and the clinical light i can still remember that she stole a kiss and that all she knew was left in her hands how they held on to the cold bars of the bed