elusion

lately he had noticed that the concept of time, or rather, his comprehension of it, seemed to evade him. moments that he had previously passed unnoticed now seemed to drag on forever -- standing in the street lights listening to the steady beeps signalling of the red light would last forever; just like the evenings with his wife would pass in a single heartbeat and in the next morning he had to struggle to remember what they had talked about and whether they had made love.