Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Checkout


He waits
by the checkout,
collecting baskets,
as usual.

My nod brings a question:
“D'you know what
autistic means?”

We wait as if time
will conjure an answer.
“You can’t see it,
they say.”

“That’s right,” I smile,
placing a divider
after my groceries.

He shuffles off,
wheeling his stack.

Not much to go on,
really.

Some days,
that’s all there is.





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