Moments
We do not remember days, we remember moments.
- Cesare Pavese
In Room 401, a woman takes her last breath.
Elsewhere a surgeon positions a square of mesh to repair
a patient's hernia.
A maintenance man in a supermarket scrubs the walls
of a restroom.
Cows' breaths fill the air as a farmer brushes snow
off a trough . . .
and fills it with feed.
A young girl inserts a DVD of
Wuthering Heights
into a Blu-Ray player, puzzling over the author's
pen name,
Ellis Bell.
A tiger cat scratches litter in a litter box.
Kittens squeeze into a cardboard box that contained
12 bottles of Pinot Noir.
A homeless person arranges a cardboard box over a
heating grate.
Snow continues to fill the gray morning as cars
chance slick roadways.
In a dream a pinstriped mannequin enters a fun house.
A short-order cook whisks two dozen eggs.
A cellist works through Bach's Prelude.
Construction workers seated at a counter remove
their winter headgear.
A waitress refills cups of coffee, mentally reviewing
the material for tonight's mid term.
A children's book author enters rehab.
A shooter racks his handgun . . .
and fires into a crowd of shoppers at a mall.
At 4 AM a snowplow driver gets behind the wheel
of a snowplow.
A politician delivers a speech written by his staffer.
An actor rehearses lines.
An addict snorts lines.
An ER nurse worries her son's DWI.
A pregnant woman brews tea.
A pregnant woman is hurried into an emergency room.
A college president applies Anbesol to a painful tooth.
A nursing home resident cleans his dentures.
A platoon leader opens a Kindle.
A painter sits in front of a blank canvas.
A personal trainer leads a group of elderly trainees
through several aerobic exercises.
Hikers pitch a tent in a heavily wooded area.
The sun sets.
The sun rises.
A crash slows traffic to a crawl.
Someone dies.
Someone else dies.
A pediatrician delivers a baby.
Kids take turns sliding down a slide.
A couple enters a restaurant.
A man and a woman play chess.
A skier begins a descent.
An elderly person thinks back.
A potter throws a pot.
A pitcher throws a slider.
A batter swings.
A line cook preps vegetables.
A vegan orders off the menu.
A conductor raises her baton.
A drum majorette twirls her baton.
A motorist falls asleep at the wheel.
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