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IT
"I'll take it off" said the
Northwestern Trains person
to the Railtrack person
as she wheeled me
backwards
down the ramp
like cargo
"IT?!" I cried
"What? ME?" I cried
"The wheelchair" she said
nearly looking at me
for the first time
in our relationship.
I stared coldly
at the underneath
of her chin
"Excuse me" said I
"there's a person
sat in IT,
it's me you're assisting
not the chair
don't talk about me
like I'm shit
you speak TO me
not ABOUT "it"!"
clair lewis
dec 1999
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