Friends, Grief & Autism…? They say we have no feelings…

They say autistics don't have emotions. Don't make friends.

Clue, I ain't Spock.

This is "My Friend Billy." A spoken word piece about grief, friendship, and what they never tell you about our autistic hearts. From my Amazon chapbook "every clock is a handgun pointed at my head."

3 minutes that blast the myth that autistic people lack emotional depth… wide open.

Billy died in a polar vortex. Alone in his home. Local newspaper may have blandly read, “A Politician Lies…Local Man Dies.”

But he never left my autistic mind. Still laffs in my autistic heart. Teaching it how to praise.

👉 Chapbook (paperback & Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/every-clock-handgun-pointed-head-ebook/dp/B0FNLHC6SY

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👉 New here? Living Autistic Truth playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_812RrZO_QWB-WHVZRBe-hjr37UNPxdb

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Chapters

00:07 Intro: They say we have no feelings00:21 65, going on death, woke…01:14 A politician lies… local man dies01:30 Billy . . . I wish I were that poet01:52 Laffing . . . How he outraced cops02:29 missed him… for an hour

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From a live subscriber stream. Original visual art by author throughout. Digital tools include AI.

Hand sketches: grave marker, closing abstract image “Bardo #1.”

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Johnny Profane Âû | Born 1953 | Not here to inspire you — here to give you an experience of a life.

Stay weird. Stay fierce. Stay alive.

We got this.