Random Prompt #16?

[Tiger the Lion]

25th

At a certain stage of Alzheimer's 
the patient forgets real-time events
but remembers acutely 
the lessons of their youth.

I'd just made Mom her evening tea
and sat down to watch the debate
after a long day at the typewriter
two-finger-tapping my thesis to life.

My hands were cramped beyond repair 
and I wished I could type
the way Mom used to.

(She'd learned in school 
from the age of ten
so what chance do I have?)

I got Mom off to sleep
and watched the rest of the debate
in bed. I wanted an early morning
to finish my paper and get to editing.

When the coffee was ready
I sat down at my desk
and glanced down to see 
where I'd left off.

It certainly wasn't this...

now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party

but that's what I was reading.

I went over it again and again
and couldn't find a single typo.

Mom was asleep in her bed.