Hysteron Proteron (his’-ter-on pro’-ter-on): Disorder of time. (What should be first, isn’t.)
Tears were coming out of my eyes. I pushed the onion into the kitchen sink. I bought it at the grocery store. I chopped it. I peeled it. It cost 49 cents. I came home. I parked the car in front of the supermarket. I started the car. I went inside. I needed a cup of coffee. I couldn’t get out of the car.
Everything was out of focus–my hand, my knee, my watch, my life.
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
