=The Aspergers Sonnets=

13.

We reserve the right. When we hear a seagull

we say “don’t touch!” There was a time

when the answer to everything wasn’t

"it’s not too late" but that time was so half

an hour ago it’s funnier than that now.

You can’t step into the same picture twice.

“Always again” is not something you’ll never

hear from our lips! Pour yourself another

it’s going to be a long day’s journey

into light. What everyone knows is a joke

is a poke in the eye to a blind man.

There are no gods in a trench foot. And,

for that matter, fire in the mole! The unclaimed 
crutch stands outside the spoken door.

14.

Because of things that happened beyond

our control we are no longer able. Every man

and every woman is afar. Finally a conditioner

the whole family can use. I’m not going to hell

you again. Haven’t you been listening

to a single word in my head? Once you’ve seen it 
in action, you never forget the purpose of a maggot.

Nine eyes have seen the fury of the slamming

of the door. Opportunity knocks

but so does the Gestapo. Ask your doctor.

Write you congressman. Call this number now.

But wait.  Just change their hair color and most people

never recognize themselves in a story. You didn’t.
Our lips are congealed.