Monday, February 28, 2011

A Reminder

In the institution they told me
You have no more coordination than a common laboratory rat
That's what the disability industry sees - Disability
They have to
Its how they make money
So they say
You will never hold a job
You will never read for pleasure
You will have trouble adjusting socially
Well, they got one right
But I am a man
and a father
with a freaking Master's degree and everything
and all they see
is the disability.
Disability is a social construct
It protects people from their fear
that we are the same.
Just one car accident away
In a war of attrition
I will always win.

NO PITY
by Ken Ervin

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