Repeat yourself.

I ask them politely;

And then again

And then again

And then again.

“ ,” they say.

“ .”

“ .“

It’s no use, I think. I give up.

I nod along, and smile,

As if I understood it all

And am in on the joke

If it was a joke

Was it a joke?

I guess I’ll never know.

Hester Florin is a non-binary autistic writer from the West Midlands, UK. They are on twitter @hesterthepoet.