the unexpected

na.

feeling that s/he could

write a script that would

play out the events of the

coming weekend before

they even occurred, feeling

that each & every moment

would be so typical, so

routine, that it might be

better to sleep the whole

thing through (sleep

with a chance of interesting

& possibly maybe even

exciting dreams), feeling

that this is how it has

been for quite some time &

this is how it will be

until that last breath &

then,

the sweet unexpected

pitter patter of water droplets

quickly hitting a flat surface

woke him/her from

her/his slumber,

so that when s/he opened the

door to the kitchen,

s/he found a huge leak in

the ceiling & yet s/he swore

that s/he had a neighbor above

him/her---knew it was

raining outside, knew that it

was coming down like

the proverbial meows &

ruff ruffs, but alas, before

s/he even called the landlord,

before dawn had even broke,

something had happened

which s/he could not have

predicted & it was beautiful,

because change had

occurred.