Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Revulsion / revolution


500,000 disabled worse off under Universal Credit changes
London Evening Standard, 17 October 1012

Disabled people are revolting
standing up for equal rights
getting on their bikes and marching
to table demands, loudly, clearly,
carrying motions with overwhelming
shows of hands, every one counting
none invalid, none prepared
to take injustice lying down.

Or at least they would if only
they were given a platform for protest
with a hearing loop and wheelchair access
if their benefits stretched beyond necessity
if media coverage wasn’t debasing
if disabled people weren’t revolting.


(c) 2012 Slush Poet

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