Twitch

Twitch

(This image is incorporated “Fall Flutter” in 40×41: Midlife Crisis Postponed)

ADHD today, but a twitch in 1975. And a twitch again today, but just a small twitch like a miniature heart beating in plain view to remind me I’m alive. I’m alive. I’m alive. (Source: “Twitch”, 40×41: Midlife Crisis Postponed)

Before ADHD was so tidily packaged up, some of us were just jittery, distracted kids. Hyper. But totally alive!

This excerpt pops up midstream a poem about a subtle, fluttering twitch beneath my right eye, twitch visible more often than not lately…