disability, art, poetry

When I was

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When i was untethered

 the dappling blue and cold 

Canadian sky shimmered with the light of return

I hitched the catheter tighter 

in my green and blue dressing robe, my hospital gowns 

parading as patient,

while inside i flew like a swan to that far shore

no trust but instinct, this must be how a bird lives freedom

When I Was, June 2016, Copyright Kaushalya Bannerji

Published by Red Balloon

I am a chronically ill queer artist and writer. I have a number of degrees in higher education and have spent most of my life interested and active in social movements against racism, militarism, misogyny and homophobia. Over the course of my life, I have worked in the world of alternate news, translation, law, teaching, and with progressive cultures, music, poetry, performers, and artists. I speak and understand a few languages and plan to share media in them on this blog. I am a poetry, art, music, and nature lover with an especial fondness for cats!

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