Stimulus
This week’s poem comes from Joel Nyland, who writes: “I PREFER TO BE CALLED NONSPEAKING.”
STIMULUS
ALL STIMULUS IS NEUTRAL
SOMEONE CALLS YOU NONVERBAL: STIMULUS
CHOICE: DOES THIS MEAN ANYTHING ABOUT ME?
PROBABLY NOT
IT JUST TELLS ME THAT PERSON'S BELIEF
AND INTELLECTUAL LEVEL
I GET TO CHOOSE HOW I FEEL
I GET TO CHOOSE HOW I ACT
AND SOMETIMES MY BODY ALLOWS ME
TO CHOOSE TO RESPOND
NONVERBAL IS JUST A WORD
UNTIL I GIVE IT MEANING
WHAT MEANING IS MOST USEFUL TO ME?
DO TELL