CHANGES
Things are changing for Maynard. Little things. When he is
at a convenience store and the bill comes to some amount like 76
cents, Maynard is aware that there is something he *should* do,
something that will enable him to get back a quarter, but he has no
idea *what*. He fumbles through his red squeezey changepurse and
gives the boy three extra pennies with his dollar, hoping that he
might luck into the correct amount. The boy gives him back two of
his own pennies and then the big shiny quarter that is his prize.
Maynard is left with only a vague awareness that he has done
something incorrectly. A faint residue of thought, that is all.
Little things. If the light is on in the bathroom, Maynard will
turn it off as he enters, pee, then turn it on as he leaves. Never
once during the day does he catch his mistake and reverse the
cycle. Again that faint residue. Little things. Mis-matched
socks, unkept appointments, dizziness. Maynard is changing and he
doesn't even know it.