Ode to Dyspraxia

Prologue
(Doctors discuss dutifully – cannot relate…
Help the poor boy, refer to 1. the state)
Gangling gaggling giggling boy
In the too loose shorts
Stick legs flapping forth
Furious sensitive smile bulges
Enthuses and grouches
Giggles and slouches
Alternate poles – cannot
2.Equilibrate
Mixed up roles – cannot
3.Wait

Floundering flouncing funny boy
In the too wide shoes
Flat feet flapping forth
Flinching and flitting
Ball kicking. Wall hitting
Teeth grinding. Anger spitting
Contradiction rules – cannot
4.Meditate
Emotion’s tools – cannot
5.Elaborate

Fiddling flicking fussy boy
In the too fluffy gloves
Fingers fidget fumbling frantic forth
The pen can’t hold
Scissors too cold
Big buttons won’t mould
Fine skills – cannot
6. Manipulate
Finger tips – cannot
7. Extricate

Nervous nervy neurotic boy
In the too football shirt
Hands flapping, clapping forth
Delicate balance, bungling stance
Protecting goal with spatial ignorance
Flailing frustration and flinching dance
Neurones buzzing – cannot
8.Navigate
Mixed up messages – cannot
9.Communicate


Literal lively lovely boy
In the too wide world
Brain held up, toomuchtraffic/impulses spew forth
Primary wires crossed at 3
Teacher cross, slow at literacy
Bully crossed arms “Don’t cross me!”
Legs crossed blithely empathy free.
Confusion reigns – cannot
10.Hesitate
Misunderstood mind – cannot
11. Integrate