The Daily Boost #578
Be like the otters
Raymond Luczak performs his ASL poem “Otters,” with voiceover and subtitles in English and American Sign Language Gloss. OTTERS Raymond Luczak [English] in a documentary they dove in into the burble of river, braiding around each other their wet fur shining in the sun their eyes twinkling watching them I wished my hearing siblings had been more like them always pulling me in to cavort with them [ASL gloss] me watch-watch d-o-c-u-m-e-n-t-a-r-y {creature-wriggle creature-wriggle} water {cascade-left-right-down} {creature-dive-down creature-rise-up around-each-other fur-lining-arms-chest} wet sun {on-me} chest-shine-shine eyes-shine-shine me-wish hearing brother-sister same-same {creature-dive-down creature-rise-up} come-on-come-on join play-play (Note: Poem text varies slightly between the video subtitles and the printed versions.)
(My thanks to Raymond Luczak, via Poets.org.)
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Honestly, that broke my heart. It took a turn from the familiar feeling of joy you get watching otters at play. Who doesn't know that feeling? Then, I felt such a sense of loneliness and being left out....it's such a poignant reminder to be inclusive.
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