Lacrimae rerum—or Disability 101

 

Always the doctor leaning close, saying you’re alive. You raise your hands, open your eyes. The doctor is shabby. He’s asymmetrical like a Roman Emperor. There’s something wrong with the doctor. And even though you’re the monster—hence, proprioceptive, fast, clear, you know you’ll never get the doc to admit his shortcomings.

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Author: stevekuusisto

Poet, Essayist, Blogger, Journalist, Memoirist, Disability Rights Advocate, Public Speaker, Professor, Syracuse University

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