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High-Rise Notebook

The r ecall  of  former pasts  only lasts a few minutes. When the slithers first started I would think they  we r e  dreams. Then I would notice  things  changed while I was away  before I no longer noticed .  That was when the  notebo oks  began .   I started leaving paper and pencil by the bed when I was hav ing  sex. It became clear I only slithered away momentarily after I came.  But  while away  time ran for longer durations, depending apparently on frequency and quality  of  sex. Away times   could be  very long indeed .  But my returns to what was presently passing for now took  turns  of   unsettling nature. That is  until the  rubber band  of time caught up and the slithers became memories that had always been there.  T ime  critical  recollection  was key.   I would return  sometimes to  Jud y's  condo with her. Sometimes to my in - law  apartment  dormer with her. Sometimes in my high rise apartment  with her. Worst  in my furnished one room  ap artment, with