A Different Light
fiction, nonfiction, essays & poetry about disability

Get Loud

Get loud
Or whisper.
Your voice
Your choice

Shout
One word

Or whisper
Words
Others strain to hear

Let them lean down
Toward your wheelchair
Their head touching yours
Their breath on your cheek
Asking
What did you say?
Then

Get loud!

Copyright 2007 Ruth Harrigan

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