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Disabled Bog Blues

If you've not done it then you are a liar too The luxury of the able-bodied to have a sneaky little poo Look left, look right, there's nobody about A peaceful time for what's needed now A better handwash and a cleaner surround, from the ceiling to extractor fan Even onto the white grout I'm not one to judge as I'd been there before From a night in Yates's where they want your key to sniff coke These private, uncompromising rooms have a life of their own, with stories I will not joke The people of most Wetherspoons have a disabled key they use on a daily basis Nothing wrong with them all, the odd one with a genuine NHS bracelet, I tell you now, you really do start to hate it But it is nice to be away from the majority of the public in a life I did not choose Occupied, red dial turned, out come a pair of girls mostly half drunk, always together as a two That is probably why it gets me down, a daily occurrence, it affects us all, These, Disabled bog blues JJB
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john-bartholomew
45 / M / Cambridge
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Written by
john-bartholomew
45 / M / Cambridge
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Aug 15, 2018
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My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible - Stella Young

The world worries about disability more than disabled people do - Warwick Davis

"Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway" - Mary Kay Ash

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