The thing is; I don’t set out to write neurodivergent characters. I write people – fictional people who are drawn from the people around me, the way I experience the world, and my understanding of these experiences. Too bad if other people refuse to afford my experiences as being real or relatable.

daily you suppress it and ride the shame / like a surfer rides a monster wave,

somersaulting in continuous turns

two wolves lope / behind the Atlantic

The Lightning Road cuts far across the Cosmos, a streak of dazzling gold amidst the star-studded void.