From interviews with families of autistic children during COVID-19
every day sometimes every hour
Kyle talks to me about the same things.
We have the same conversation.
“Why can’t I go to my recycling job?”
“Why can’t I go bowling?”
My answers are always the same,
but he has to check check check.
same questions same answers
we bore our family friends
Kyle’s older brother lives with us but
will not talk to him
or answer his texts
“Hi Jered. How are you? I am fine.
Happy Face. Kyle”
skip family dinners
hide from each other
mouths muffled
in the silence of the cloud
