Published on 12, July, 2020
I recently watched a terrible YouTube video about autism by someone who called himself a professional. So I wrote the poem below:
Understand This
I would rather talk to a dog
or disclose to a frog
or confide in a chicken
or divulge to a budgie
or relate to a snake
or reveal to an eel
or tell a gerbil how I really feel
than seek understanding
from someone
who believes
that autistic people
are less human than they are.
Seconded...
All these poems are amazing. Well done you guys!!
So talented
I'll share one of mine.
The Grump
As a grump I walked this empty streetAnd found my sullen eyes to meetA sky I thought seemed far too blueAnd such a whumpus grump was ITo scowl upon this too blue skyAnd ask “What right have ye to be this hue?”“I’ve known these skies in shades of grey.They drizzled and rained the other day.As I know these skies are wont to do.Long I walked this soil and muck,And never did I know such luck.Tae see a sky that looks like you.”As a grump I skipped through thickened fieldsOf flowers bearing their vibrant yieldsIn colours the likes I never knewAnd such a frumpus grump I’d beenTo glare upon these fields of greenAnd say “What is a grump to do?”“These bushy fields once full of weeds,That snagged upon my boots and tweeds,Are taken o’er by this pretty view.Perhaps the sun so brightly shoneIn this sky so clearly shownI might suspect a thing or two.”As a grump I danced o’er mossy logsAnd found a pack of playing dogsRunning and tousling the way dogs doAnd such a humphus grump I sayCould hardly help but stop and stayAnd say “I think I’d like to play too!”“What a whumpus fool I’ve been!The frumpiest fool you’ve ever seen!Why, I bet you’d think so too!I think I may yet ponder whyThis humphus, lumpus, sort of guyMight look upon this world anew!”“Why, I think I blame you.”“It’s you who made the skies so blueWho made them seem a vibrant hue.It’s you who took these clouds of greyAnd bid them rain another dayThe way that only you could do.“You showed me colours I never knewYou’ve shown me such a pretty viewWho took these weedy, thickened fieldsAnd gave them such appealing yieldsI did suspect a thing or two.“It’s you who led me to those logsTo those tousling, playing dogsWho bid this whumpus grump to stayTo join the fun, to stop and playAnd make me see the world anew“And with such a toothy grinYou, the one that lured me inI dare say I think you knewYou knew that if our roles reversedIf I’d shown you this new world firstWell, you’d blame me too.”
You started me off now... Here's my effort:
"What is Autism?"
One answer to your question
is heightened sensory perception
Hyperfocus, creativity,
and learning visually
Great pattern recognition
and logical cognition
Compassionate empathy
and a good long term memory
Attention to detail is a trait
and problem solving can be great
Those on the spectrum are never "Less"
and sometimes they can be the best
Also, I love the username!
I remember watching this video where this guy ranted on about how autistic people were robots? It was extremely weird and he kept making fun of it. I wouldn't remember his name now but it was very infuriating.
Thank you very much.
Excellent!!!!!