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Screwed Up

May 24, 2011
By defy_gravity GOLD, Manville, Rhode Island
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Screwed up son,
Screwed up family,
Screwed up daughter.
This is what it’s come to.
Autism,
Dysfunction,
Depression and Anxiety.
Can’t speak,
Won’t speak.
Non verbal,
Selectively mute.
“Retard”,
“Freak”.
Which would you choose?
Unable,
Or just acting like it?

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Something I wrote for my multigenre project.
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