Man to my right.
\nHe’s round, he’s plain.
\nHe’s autistic? Or his brain
\nhas been stunted from
\nlack of stimulation. He speaks
\nloud and s-l-o-w-l-y.
\n———<\/p>\n
He’s lonely. I can tell.
\nHis days blend together, in need of
\n something distinguishable.
\n something edifying,
\n interesting,
\n enlightening,
\n inspiring…
\n“I used to go to church when I was a kid”
\nhe says…. “but now I only go for the AA meetings.”<\/p>\n
As I furtively listen, his life unfolds to my ears
\npoetic injustice makes itself known<\/p>\n
Home is a box with no holes, a container with a plastic lid, a cell in which he “But I like Good Morning America… Channel 13.” He meets people all the time, but he is lonely. He used to go to sunday school. Man to my right. He’s round, he’s plain. He’s autistic? Or his brain has been stunted from lack of stimulation. He speaks loud and s-l-o-w-l-y. ——— He’s lonely. I can tell. His days blend together, in need of something distinguishable. something edifying, interesting, enlightening, inspiring… “I used to go to church when I was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/curiousrose.com\/petals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/curiousrose.com\/petals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/curiousrose.com\/petals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curiousrose.com\/petals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curiousrose.com\/petals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/curiousrose.com\/petals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/curiousrose.com\/petals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curiousrose.com\/petals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curiousrose.com\/petals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n cannot seem to find the key
\nWhere he can stay up as long as he likes
\n(the nights are endless)
\nChatting it up with Jay Leno, who’s audience loved him so much
\nThey offered to buy him another<\/em> drink.<\/p>\n
\nHe only wakes up because Diane Sawyer is
\n the only female in his life
\nOtherwise his days meld together,
\nhis body not knowing when to rise.<\/p>\n
\nIt’s in the way he says hello to a man with a dog.
\nIt’s in the way he asks a man with a bag to “take a seat”
\n“Sorry…. gotta run. See you at the meeting?”<\/p>\n
\nI went to a Baptist church, he says…. But now
\n I only go for the meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"