Thu, 16 October

No meetings please Ingredients: 1 morning, drained of color 3 calendar notifications, dissolved in steam 1 GP, measured and unhurried in the way you cannot be 1 diagnosis, served at room temperature 1 Forbes, loyal and slow-footed 1 autumn walk, sounds removed Method: Cancel everything. Cancel it again when someone asks if you're sure. Let the coffee cool past drinking temperature. Sit in the waiting room like a painting of a man sitting in a waiting room. When the doctor says the word, nod. You already knew. Walk the dog at the speed the dog wants, which is the speed your head wants, which is the speed of October light draining from a street. Let the city go underwater around you. Do not answer your phone. Serve lukewarm. Serve gray. Yields: one day recovered from the wreckage of days. Keep refrigerated. Do not reheat.