He said, "Are you all right?"I said, "Well, you did it there, Dad.
"I had just about figured out the solution to the universe. I was laying here, and the thoughts were coalescing, and I was coming to conclusions, and the conclusions were calculating into creating a new certainty for me. It was all coming together.
"But you, just by jostling me over there, you just took my attention away from it,
and now I’ve lost my train of thought, and – whoosh! It’s all whisked away!
"It’s gone. Down the drain. I got none of it left.
"So thanks, Dad," I said, struggling to stand in the smoky garage, "Thanks a lot."
"You sure you’re OK, Jon?"
"I think I just need a snack."
We went into the house and got me a snack. A few snacks.
A lot of snacks
Snacks are good.