Collage by Jen Dunford | click the image to enlarge…
autism room math class
not knowing how to add
is secondary to not knowing what
adding is
no matter how slowly i explain
that two small numbers
add up to a bigger one
i feel like i am
banging
my head against a
concrete wall
and not leaving a dent
i’m sick of headaches
sick of people using the
label “special ed” as an exuse
not to teach
but sometimes in this
autism room when
i get frustrated
they get frustrated and
“melt-down”s approach
if they say 5+3=7
i say
fuck it
good enough
autism room 2
when i told anthony
to write his name
on the paper
he wrote
“MR BIG BOOB”
okay
i thought
at least he can spell