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В пряничном домике,
Сбоку на пику,
Я наливал тебе в рот
Ежевику.
Вот Дровосеки,
А вот Эвридика,
Быстро все в торт.
Только тихо.

Yaroslav Kulikovsky. Kiev, 2021 (c).
Part of the cycle: Poems on City Flesh and Power.

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This poem is about the freedom to play with meanings, images, and the body beyond gender norms. There are no “proper” bodies, no “normative” genders here — only a space where blackberry and Eurydice can share the same frame, and a cake can become a medium for dialogue rather than an object. All genders are needed, all genders matter. Western culture thrives in ambiguity — and that is its strength.
Zywa Jul 20
Only for you, I

am in the picture, says her --


understanding look.
For Pieter W and Madelief dK, with a photo of them (September 11th, 2011, Grossdietwil)

Collection "Take a picture, now"
Zywa Jun 27
There are multitudes

of faces, everyone has --


many more than one.
Novel "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge" ("The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge", 1910, Rainer Maria Rilke), chapter #5

Collection "Held/True"
Zywa Jan 20
She says nothing, there's

just a kind of sigh, a groan --


that makes me happy.
Novel "a word child" (1975, Iris Murdoch), chapter Thursday [5]

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Jun 2024
Your eyes speak so pure,

in a clear language, your head --


does not need a mouth.
Poem "Zuiver" ("Pure", 2013, Karin Lachmising)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 10s"
Zywa Feb 2024
Grandpa is bony,

his mouth speaks clearly, even --


though he says nothing.
Poem "Grootvader" ("Grandfather", 2019, Bart Moeyaert)

Collection "Actively Passive"
Ashwin Kumar Jun 2023
You people never took me seriously
For you, I was just a problem child
Who needed to be molded
According to your whims and fancies
You never saw me as an individual
Who has his own thoughts, feelings and emotions
My opinions never mattered to you
You wanted me to improve my verbal communication
As well as my body language
But you never even tried to understand me properly
It never occurred to you
That there is a reason why I am different
Or even if it did, you never truly cared
What bothered me the most, though
Was the fact
That you believed you were acting in my best interests
Of course, it was my mistake
Not to leave this accursed country
While I had the chance
And seek my fortunes elsewhere
A mistake I may probably regret
For the rest of my life
Anyway, as Arabella Figg once said
"There's no good crying over spilt potion"
I was a fool to listen to you
But I have progressed in life
Far more than you would've expected me
And not because of you
But in spite of you
Well, I would love to meet you one of these days
And prove to you
That verbal communication is overrated
Just like you yourselves are
We autistic people can do equally well, if not better
As compared to you neurotypicals
Who are obsessed with correcting others
Well, please look into the mirror
And just leave us alone
Worse than an enemy, is an NT with a saviour complex
Well, we can see right through you
You may think you are being kind and empathetic
However, in reality, you are just a bunch of condescending wankers
Who believe they are always right
Well, there is nothing wrong in having your own views
Just try not to force them down our throats
I will end on this note
Autistic people are human beings too
It is time you learned to appreciate that
A message to everyone who told me to improve my verbal communication and body language - teachers, mentors, classmates etc.
Zywa Jan 2023
Yet what does it mean

that you have taken my hands --


in yours just like that?
"Verwachtingen" ("Expectations", 2022, Thomas Heerma van Voss)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s and 30s"
Zywa Jul 2022
Don't ask 'How are you?'

if you really want to know --


Behaviour tells you.
"Hoog en laag springen - Faxen aan Ger #4" ("Like it or not - Faxing Ger #4", 2021, Nicolien Mizee)

Collection "Out of place"
Zywa Jan 2022
My uncle is huge,

look at that big face of him --


bigger than his head.
"Außer sich" ("Beside Myself", 2017, Sasha Marianna Salzmann)

Collection "Ya, a tightrope walk"
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