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Neuro-wocky

Frabjous Jabber-divergent!

By William Fletcher GilreathPublished about 13 hours ago • 1 min read
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'Twas stimming, and the hyperfocus deep

Did spin and spiral neurons in the brain;

All sensory-rich the thoughts did leap,

The executive burnout of autism did reign.

"Beware the Sensory Overload, my child!

The flashing lights, the buzzing crowd!

Beware the Meltdown-bird, and the wild,

The ADHD-storm that thunders so loud!"

Watch for the AuDHD, my dear neurospicy one!

The masking jaws that bite, the social dread!

Mindful of the special interest bird, and shun...

The hyperactive executive dysfunction spread!

He took his weighted blanket into his hand,

Long time the stimmy foe he furtively sought.

Then rested by the Fidget-tree in the sand,

And stood awhile in deep, hyperfocused thought.

In executive shift of the auDHD-space he stood,

The Sensory Overload, with shifty eyes of flame,

Came stimming through the noisy cacophony wood,

And masked its features along as it came!

One, two! Scooby Dooby Doo! Twenty-three skidoo!

The sensory blade went unmasking neuro-wise,

And hyper-focus all through and through!

The weighted blanket snicker-snack surprise!

"And hast thou slain the AuDHD?" had you say?

Come into my arms, my stimming neuro-kith boy!

O neuro-day! My neuro-spright! Outgrabous day!

"Neurodivergent spicey!" he chortled with joy.

'Twas autistic in the synapse, the ADHD troves,

All neurodivergent were the quirks and winces.

Did zindle and zazzle within the auDHD groves,

For the sensory streams overloaded the senses.


This poem was inspired by the poem by Lewis Carrol, “Jabberwocky” written in 1871.

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About the Creator

William Fletcher Gilreath

Mr. William F. Gilreath is a data/software/ML engineer, computer scientist, mathematician, writer, and late in life diagnosed aspie now autistic individual. William is a writer of code, equations, poems, text, and loves cats. 😸

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    Written by William Fletcher Gilreath