Typos Included
Been regarded as clumsy
For most of my long life,
An existence where accidents
Seemed more than usually rife.
The despair of the Drill Pig
Who, refusing to accept defeat
Finally instilled some precision
On my two largely left feet.
He never, sadly, ever managed
To sort out my dominant trick
The natural born ability to trip
Over any discarded match stick.
The only slight advantage being
I am here and still obviously alive
After so many clumsy incidents
Normal humans might not survive.
The typewriter keyboard, and later
That of my laptop or replacement PC
Remained a minefield of misspelling
To my indisciplined fingers and me.
The voice recognition programme
For a while brought some hope
But I spoke in East Riding and
They just couldn’t always cope
Happily settled in retirement
Accepting of my situation
When a casual conversation
Helped explain my situation.
Born when things were seen
In Black and gleaming white
It was never ever considered that
My incoordination just might
Be a mental condition
A slight disability
That took away from me
Some natural ability.
They called it Dyspraxia.
The clumsy oaf no more
A slight impairment that
I can now happily ignore.
When spellcheck on my PC
Just gives up in despair
I find that I can no longer
Be bothered to really care.
Typos are included and
If I miss them when I check
That’s my style of writings.
And I couldn’t give a heck.
Copyright © Terry Ireland | Year Posted 2023
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