Helva's Scream

[davidgillon]

 

 Where were you when they sacrificed my disabled brothers and sisters on the hillside

Where were you when they stripped my infant self of my womanhood-to-be

Where were you when they stunted me and sealed me in a box (no glass coffin for unsightly me)

Where were you when they taught me to deride those who saw the trap I was in

Where were you when they wrapped my coffin in a ship and made me one of their slaves

Where were you when they sent me into danger and made me hunt my kin

Where were you when they made my love an impossible dream

Where were you when they proclaimed my song 'a positive image of disability in SF'

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Seething over Ship Who Sang being put forward as a positive representation of disability in SFSignal's Mind-Meld