Degeneration

He is the most clever boy in nipper's class, they said
he spoke fluent, with a rich vocabulary
recognized decades of car-marks on a little detail
drawed a little man, with every detail.

But then his world stand still
it started with little head-nods
with a stay in another world
a little epilepsy, they said.

His sentences became less fine
the little man became a head with just arms and legs
his car-park became very little and limited
perhaps a little regression, they said.

Then it went down much faster
his first year on school was a flop
maths and language were so weak
a little mental handicap, they said.

Then his nods became vehement
his arms and legs started to tremble
and sometimes he felt very suddenly and very hard
now it's grand mal, they said.

His sentences became morsels and rags
his head-with-legs became a whirling scrawl
Ford and Audi were uncomprehensed notions
now he belongs to the moderate mentally diseased,they said

Teams of epileptologists
bend over mountains of encephalograms
endless trying different medications
a very hard treatable case, they said

Finally just stereotype words remained
cars were objects just for playing with
even cousins and nieces he recognized no more
now he belongs to the heavy mentally diseased, they said.

I hope everything is said now !

 

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