You can use this software when you
feel tired. When you’re holding yourself
up by your elbows. When the thoughts
come and go like the sea receding
before a tsunami. When you really
should be laying down. There will be
errors. Yours and ours. And it is your
responsibility to correct them. For
example: When you dictate
gesticulating we might hear testicular
eating. It is unclear what is the meaning
of this? At other times, you may want to
talk about inspiration ****. How disabled
people don’t always overcome their
difficulties. Don’t always get medals.
Just sometimes get through the night.
But the software will ensure that your
darkest thoughts are filtered. You
cannot say ****. You cannot say ****.
You cannot say ****. Don’t say ****
when the pain gets too bad. We will
censor you.
About the author: Samantha is a PhD Creative Writing Candidate at University of Plymouth. Her work explores chronic illness through autoethnographic poetry. Her work has been published in Arc, Acumen, The Storms Journal and Cephalopress.
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