[M. Sirls] The other day at the mall I watched the prettiest little girl She appeared to be windowshopping with her mother She grinned as she looked through The windows of the clothing But her biggest smile occurred when she Saw herself more clearly through the window Of a vacant clothing store And for those few seconds That empty store had a little more value Than any other store in the mall It was then that when I found out She had to interest in retail Turns out she was just intrigued By the flawlessness in her reflection And she smiled As she flung her immaculate hair Cut in a perfect chilibowl And she was gorgeous Just as tall and skinny as she could be And she Gives her thoughts enough time to be complete Before she releases them And her speech slurs when she declares her wisdom Im beautiful, she says As she smiled at me And I couldnt have agreed more Some may describe autism As a psychological disturbance Where thoughts, speech, and interaction With the world follow unusual patterns After that day at the mall Ive never been so uninterested In our usual patterns And I started to disrobe Not for indecent exposure This little girl has to know That being in love with her mind, body, and soul In spite of her usual surroundings Does not mean shes psychologically disturbed Every customer in this building had to know That God already created you Fearfully and wonderfully and Retail couldnt make you any more beautiful Than what you allowed yourself to be I had to remove the fabric That often covers the Godgiven glamour In our DNA And I stopped shopping Because I saw the prettiest little autistic girl today And she taught me that any glamour with a price tag Is overrated But I do wish they sold her mind in American Apparel
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