What Stupidity?

What Stupidity?

you seem lost
“I didn’t eat anything this morning. I’m still lightheaded.”
no there is something else
“What could possibly be any other reason for my stupidity?”
what stupidity
“Well… my failure to function correctly.”
you seem lost
“… My failure to correctly respond to your needs.”
no there is something else
“You can’t see that I’m just a bit off in my own world?”
what… stupidity
“No, not a stupidity world. I’m hungry. Got anything?”
you seem lost
“I’m not lost. I just haven’t eaten in, like, half a day. There were no stores open.”
no there is… something else
“No, thank you. If you don’t have food, I guess I don’t need anything else.”
what stupidity
“Are you calling me ‘stupidity’? I’ll have you know that I am keen in coordination.”
you seem lost
“I’m lost? You’re the one who keeps repeating the same questions over and over again.”
no there is something else
“No, there isn’t anything else you’ve changed! It’s all the same stupid questions.”
what stupidity
“Yes, you… stupidity! That’s what you have! You can’t seem to-”
you seem lost
“I know what I’m saying; don’t cut me off!”
no there is something else
“What are you talking about? What is the ‘something else’?”
what stupidity
“Is that what ‘it’ is? Stupidity?”
you seem lost
“Of course I’m lost! You don’t answer my questions!”
no there is something else
“There is no other reason for my confusion. You! You’re the problem.”
what stupidity
“I'm not- Ok. What do you want from me? Leave me alone!”
you seem lost
“Shut up! I can’t think with you talking all the time.”
no there is something else
“Nothing else! Just you! Now, leave me alone!”
what stupidity

The person rammed himself into a white wall, gashing his head. Nurses rushed in with sedatives. The first two statements were the last words heard from the spouse: “You seem lost… No, there is something else.” He repeatedly asked the doctor this last question before being thrown into the ward for insanity: “What stupidity?"