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Be Right Back
Classic prose form revisited - Currently No. 1 in its New Release category
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Does this refer to a specific book that you are talking about?
Deirdre wrote: "Does this refer to a specific book that you are talking about?"Hi Deidre,
It does. This is an intro to my first of four poetry books: 'Be Right Back - The Travelogues of a Wandering Mind'.
I am an "Affective" with various 'conditions' I've learned to manage. This poetry book reflects those experiences.
If I have erred in posting such here, please let me know.
Do you wear glasses?
Whether you do or not, would it be acceptable for someone to pull them from your face, call them a crutch and tell you to just LOOK harder? This is endless for those of us with various disorders who struggle to emulate social norms.
My life has been an alphabet soup of complex dysfunction driven by ‘Monkey Mind’ – an impulsively expressive inner critic that thrives on fear and shame, and douses most every spark which threatens to burn brightly in my heart.
A day managing a monkey-mind brain through such filters as ASD, psychosomatic dysregulation and complex trauma is a bit like walking an energetic group of children through a park, running freely in every direction, clinging to faith that you are still grasping the handles.
Life as a haunted "Affective" is about mind-chasing, and drawing an experience from wherever it takes you; a myriad of destinations with spinning signposts I could never tame. I tend to write more about the experience than the journey, my own having been more arduous trails and climbs than garden paths.
The only treatment for complex dysfunction is to eat the alphabet soup before it eats you. Be Right Back is my first of four sloppy slurps at digesting an intractably disordered mind.
It is my (our) story, disguised as somewhat eclectic poetry.
Come along if you’d like. Just bring coffee….
Regards,
Jeffrey Greenmun