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A holiday in Limerick

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There once was an autistic man,
Who came up with a useful plan.
He climbs up a steeple,
To avoid all the people,
Staying up there as long as he can.

The problem with neural diversity,
Is it causes too much adversity.
Cognitive conditions,
Are neural munitions,
For those who live in perversity.

Am I ASD or just insane,
I often enquire of my brain.
It replies with a curse,
And says it's much worse,
And this is the source of my pain.

I'm filled with an awful idea,
It's tending to bring me the fear.
I can't stand no more,
My head is so sore,
And my skull feels like a veneer.

My sinuses now need clearing,
Green fluid it starts appearing.
I'd pick at my nose,
But god only knows,
It would only cause terrible smearing.

Limericks seem much easier,
Even if topics are cheesier.
I'd write even more,
But it would start to bore,
And my words are bound to get sleazier.

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blue_bird
Nice, I like your poetry. I wrote poems too instead of making diary entries. They were rather sad though, and nowhere near as witty as yours.
 
Boogs
That's very nice of you to say that, but I think you flatter me a little too much!
In part it's because I struggle to express myself emotively in most other medium, it's words only and I need structures on which to hang things. So I'm a little obsessive with word play; it's also the only type of poems I've ever liked, anything evocative of imagery and the like leaves me cold. I also seem to only be able to apply this with fairly negative topics, I'm sure there's an element of letting it all out in rage.
Oh yeah, I also suspect, but can't know, that it evokes unpleasant internal imagery for some people, which isn't by my intent.
I just can't see it myself! (geddit? just can't see it; see - internal imagery? ok, wasn't that funny, sorry 😢 (😉))
 
blue_bird
No unpleasant imagery from my point of view.
Same for me, I found poetry the only way to apply my negative thoughts in a meaningful way. Maybe I should start writing some again to deal with my issues.
 
Boogs
blue_bird said:
No unpleasant imagery from my point of view.
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Hmmm, I must be losing my touch! 😏

I once let an old NT friend read one of my Prince Andrew rhymes - and he wouldn't speak to me for a couple of weeks. It wasn't that he was a prude as such, and had (as far as I know) no irrational believe that Andy was anything but a pretty vile piece of ordure, so I think he must have had some sort of intolerable internal imagery generated by my words. It was one of my more vitriolic one's due to the fact he (Andrew, not my mate 😉) nauseates me so much, but it was actually quite clever and funny in parts.

I'm not completely sure of all the reasons why I like to do it; it's not to be acclaimed in any way, although it pleases me if someone get's a laugh from it and even better if they get the underlying message (or at least the bits that aren't too subjective and abstract), though I suspect more people don't appreciate it as do.

But it's a great way to rant without becoming too obsessive sounding (plus my 'normal' writing doesn't come across very well), and it's fun to do just to try and come up with something 'clever' (word play, humour, etc) for the sake of it.
I think in the end though, it's the best way I know of expressing something akin to art (or even just emotion, limited as that is), and the beauty of the blogs is anyone reading it has to seek it out first, I'm not 'forcing' it on anyone, so most readers will either get something out of it, or be confirmed terminal masochists! 😄

blue_bird said:
Maybe I should start writing some again to deal with my issues.
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There's definitely a modest element of therapeutic effect splurging my bile on the page, and more so that it's passive - not 'billboarded' and unavoidable (so I don't feel guilty about it). I can't express my frustrations and anger at people directly, but here in my little 'poems' I can kick out at almost anything and get a small measure of satisfaction from it.

Maybe I should start "Hell's Poets - ASCII Chapter"?
If I'm feeling really generous, I may allow an ADHD affiliate! 😎
 

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