<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392191" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Abilities</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I sat next to a blind young man<br>His hands upon a coffee cup and cane<br>The train lurched through the morning air<br>Sunlight danced across his face</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No newspaper at his side<br>No handheld device, well-dressed<br>Like the businessmen. What thoughts, <br>Assumptions floated in his mind? <br>To what was he resigned? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sitting arm-to-arm, I visualised<br>How the world is built around<br>Designs made by the powerful<br>With all their senses in command<br>Their corridors, well-sized machines<br>To ease and entertain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wondered how a one-handed man<br>Or a woman with a broken arm<br>Could boot up the computer<br>With the three requisite keys<br>Of Alt, Control, Delete, must she<br>Synchronise her good hand with her feet? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I should give thanks, obviously<br>And take a deep, refreshing drink<br>Of my younger brother's perspective: <br>A semi-abled architect<br>Ejected from a cinema<br>For lying in the centre aisle<br>Unable to sit upright in his seat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The upright world, visual empire<br>Media authorities<br>Drown out the silence, rituals<br>That patronise the veterans<br>Of Wars of Disability.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He yawns and drains the coffee cup<br>I'm certain he can read<br>Every word I'm writing through<br>His super-sensory evolved<br>Powers of receptivity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now I am yawning too. Does he disapprove? <br>I dare not eat my bagel, sure<br>He knows my every move.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+Bana">Frank Bana</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392191" data-title="Abilities de Frank Bana" data-description="I sat next to a blind young man His hands upon a coffee cup and cane The train lurched through the morning air Sunlight danced across his face No newspaper at his side No handheld device, well-dressed Like the businessmen. What thoughts, Assumpt..."></div> </div> </div>

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