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Our beloved Aunt Bertha. She didn’t see pixies and elves She saw ********* and jerks With no obvious perqs! That's the breaks of being someone That, all by themselves, Can have arguments and fights And even though it wasn’t right That is who she was, unique; Immune to other people’s pique, Surrounded by unseen creeps. But she loved us kids, she did. And found us when we hid And cooked cakes and pies. The love in her eyes spoke clearly And nearly bowled me over Because it was not deluded. Yes, her quirks intruded on us But we let her cuss and rail At invisible fools. Those the rules. She couldn’t help herself a bit And that was the end of it. So, we listened covertly And overtly smiled at her a lot Knowing what we had got Was the dotty aunt they put In the attic in the old days In less loving times and ways. But we loved her and wanted A place not haunted by wardens, And nasty nurses robbing purses, Where she could live her life. She liked to sing and dance And every time I got the chance I danced with her, as thin as a zipper I guided this middled aged aunt And when she started to pant We changed the music to slow And right back she would go. She sang the tunes from the war And more from movies and shows. Can anyone know how great it is To share with someone impaired And know the gift you have shared?
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Apr 7, 2018
Apr 7, 2018 at 1:28 AM UTC
AUNT BERTHA
I used to be lysexic But I’m betting getter. I sometimes get letters All gangled up totether. I often lose tontrol Of the taction of my ung I had this tind of krubble Sever yince I was sung. I backed things saidward It muzz wore than embarrassing. It got me picked lot upon Subjected to hate grarrassing. Sometimes wumbers nould Lood just like wetters Back when I was lysdexic But I am betting getter. Not just lysdexic am me But I Spoonerise tum soo. And unce that sets started There is lo sittle I can do. It get’s ard to understand me And it isses some eeple poff I really bish I could weegin To **** to stalk like a toff. I used to be lysexic But I’m betting getter. I sometimes get letters All gangled up totether. I often lose tontrol Of the taction of my ung I had this kind of rubble Sever yince I was sung.
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Apr 6, 2017
Apr 6, 2017 at 8:50 PM UTC
I USED TO BE LYSDEXIC
Take off your mask Take off your blinders Take off your fallacies I want the real you I want everything in the world to be real again. Everything feels so fake, i want to leave this nightmare Catch me if you dare My memory becomes impaired Thinking about what it used to be. Stuck in the past, but still looking foward Hopefully the past will come alive in the past iteration
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Apr 27, 2016
Apr 27, 2016 at 6:48 PM UTC
Impaired