Author Archives: jackpelham

He reposes in humorAs if on a kind sabbaticalFrom weightier mattersIn deference to the sensibilitiesOf a fragile worldWho can at presentHandle nothing more.

Some have gotten themselves so emotionally conditioned that they simply cannot endure the amount of drama that it would take to improve their lives, or anyone else’s. Thus, they rule themselves out from the improvements, opting to walk away from … Continue reading →

It will gall you to knowThat I can sense your gaslightingEven before I have figured outThe particular trick you’ve gotWrapped up in it. You are not as opaqueAs you believe—Nor I as stupid.

As comes the morningSo comes the Spring

Most people are said to be “neurotypical”—meaning, more or less, that the way their minds work is “normal”. And then, in contrast to that, there are the “neurodiverse” people, who are “wired” differently in one way or another, we are … Continue reading →

Probably one of the hardest parts about being meIs what I see as the great abyss of silence in this worldAbout the things that Jack thinks are worthy of great amazementOr curiosityOr laughterOr sadnessOr remorseOr studyOr convictionOr praiseOr gratitudeOr actionOr … Continue reading →