blearily loping
blearily loping
by Shannon Baker
blearily loping toward a
gleaming, grand indifference
gratitude signalcrossed
smashbroken into, midsentence, bent
over and back, but
still singing out questions.
striking self onward, shapeless
and wondering whether
or not. and how.
where and
which
backhanded
way.
This piece struck a chord with me as an aspie. Over-analyzing and letting sensory bombardment brings a lot of worry and anxiety. But you have to work thru it to either calm or talk yourself down and/or eliminate the stressors. Either way it’s a job–“blearily loping toward a gleaming…”. Loved those signiture Shannon Baker word splices: “signalcrossed”, “smashbroken”…
Thanks for sharing!