~
the man is sorely ridiculed
for lack of oral worth
a fault that’s not his own you see
— an accident of birth
across his mind play images
his thoughts unmarred by speech
they say he dwells in ignorance
what lessons he could teach!
he’d beat them all in games of chess
this idiot so meek
but they don’t know and never will
they’re blind and he can’t speak
~
— 1983
