The American Doctor

Cover of Planet of the Blind....man and dog....

If you’re disabled you know the doctor won’t see you now; or the doctor will see you but only after you’ve abandoned your silly wheelchair. Did you know that over 70 per cent of medical offices in the United States aren’t accessible?

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How many fingers am I holding up? They actual ask me that. After they’ve patted my guide dog.

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Somewhere in the distance, church bells, the old fashioned medicine…

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Everybody’s got something to hide except for me and my disability…

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The doctor thinks he might have a hernia but he’s not going to tell anyone. He hates the body’s insults.

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The doctor falls asleep and dreams of water wings.

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The doctor throws white stones at the moon.

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C’mon! Throw that wheelchair away! You’re not trying hard enough!

Author: skuusisto

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

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