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“There… there. that smudge in the sky.”

UFO Cult. Chooses Suicide. Thirty‑nine bodies in matching Nikes.

A short from a live reading—faith, grief, and what families do with impossible signs.

What do you think they saw in the sky?

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How would YOU communicate thru a short-circuiting transistor radio?

Plain language becomes revolutionary.

My live piece explores dancing close to the edge of the noise.

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From the Amazon book, “every clock is a handgun pointed at my head”, songs of autistic innocence… and experience.

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From my upcoming collection - spoken word about one common autistic experience.

When you can't see faces clearly...

Yet still find human connection.

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Mental health includes handling neurological differences.

Like not processing faces. Even those of your loved ones.

Sharing my experience of human connection beyond surface recognition.

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How do you write about loving someone whose face you can't see?

When clinical terms fail to communicate, rhythm & rhyme fill the gap.

My live piece explores finding connection thru 'a swirl of flesh-colored fog.'

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Not remembering faces isn't being 'bad with faces.'

It's navigating human connection through other senses. My live piece about loving someone you can't see.

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At 72, diagnosed autistic late, I wrote this about not seeing faces.

Something 36% of us navigate daily.

'A swirl of flesh-colored fog / That's my wife's face in dreams'

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“every clock is a hand gun…,” Amazon Book Release 8/18

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