Palatic Paraplegic
9.Dec.2014
when they said don’t come if you’re palatic
I wondered how fine was the line between palatic and paraplegic
I turned up with an electric wheelchair
completed blocked
my tongue lolling in my head
and me slobbering, literally not metaphorically
the bouncer security person, kind and considerate
waved me right in, no word about having drink taken
people generally smiled benignly
a few bending down to pat my head
then moving to another level
I wondered was wheeling me out the same as throwing me out
could I sue for ill treatment because of direction
I’m just palatic not paraplegic
I told them out straight but no-one understood the slur
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