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Some Dementia Jokes

Posted on 29 January 2025 | Leave a comment

I took my mom on a date because my dad has dementia and she needed a break from caring for him. I’d offer to take my dad somewhere, but I’m pretty sure I’d just get stood up.

My dad would probably say that joke was in poor taste, but he doesn’t remember what it tasted like.

My dad is apparently on “the spectrum”: he’s is fixated on For Unto Us A Child Is Born. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve hit re-play. I think it was 45 minutes. Even the most pious would be tried. This isn’t a joke. Dementia: the adult autism spectrum.

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Silence, Ye Fears of the Avoidants!

Posted on 5 June 2024 | Leave a comment

For my sister, who correctly guessed this was inspired by her situation when she read it.

It was smooth sailing when first you two met,
You clicked as random parts of happy dream!
You knew no commitment, to make you fret
Or stare down the dream, in eyes a harsh gleam.
But something made it real, took scene from seams
Of dream; into realms of possible let.
Reality, to your head a hard beam,
Or in your eye it makes vision all wet.
Now your system's in fight, flight, fawn, or freeze.
To confront your fears, excruciating.
To run away, not look back, it's a breeze.
Break-up could be ameliorating.
The solution's not terse, won't fit in verse.
Confront fears, or worse, relation in hearse.

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