Poems
by KJ Hannah
Greenberg
Atwitter
Birds roused by felines’ underbrush movements tend to remain
In agitated states. After, they sing despondent tunes else some
Other urban lions snack on bones, feathers.
Coeds, likewise, regularly screech when favorite singers drop
Tickets. Inchoate opportunities raise rizz, make dating great.
It’s not their burden to separate sanity and frivolity. Youth’s
Entitled to squander resources.
Likewise, investors sound off when stock, bonds soar, echo
Musical snorts around increased earnings, better visibility,
Maturing status. It’s about the bottom line for trust fund
Babies with paper assets always aborning new wealth;
Their security’s superficial.
That Girl without Sleeves
That girl without sleeves flipped locks toward alienated others,
All the while tapping limpid language to greet seatmates. That
Smile expunged wafting lugubriousness, that posture induced
Toska to flee. With bandage and raillery, she urged passengers
To forget unhealthy feelings, to focus, instead, on birds, clouds,
Foliage, and hillsides.
Yet, despite her proprioception, other men and women failed
Recognizing their train (of thought) as advancing, heading to
Dismal realms populated by ravening bosses, equally, bogans
Intent on disrupting all routines for serenity (nervous elation
Expressed by scoundrels, whether suited or in tatters, deflates
Maximum publics’ joy.)
Hence, the sole young female, who wore no corporate costume,
Singly, gave a summery salute to purity, to hope, to fine weather,
Strove earnestly to overcome cabin apophases, to help folks get
Past oedematous beliefs, to lift them beyond dropsy-born views,
To urge reaching toward a shared manion, a collective paradigm
Of imperfect, albeit jubilant excellence.
Autism and Music
Positive responses to life, laughter, love are also sought by parents
Of differently-abled persons. Simple human responses evoked from
Intentionally used therapeutic tools often sate.
Emotional recognition & comprehension, in any case, are not mere
Buzz words, rather avenues into spaces otherwise debarring trespass.
Rhythmic stimming feels good!
Anxiety, social isolation, more coping strategies merely afford partial
Shelter from interactive mysteries. The bafflements of communication
Provide few answers.
Accordingly, it’s useful, when improving speech or actualizing
Daily tasks, to bebop, engage multimodal brain networks, swing
From chandeliers.
