Original Post Date
2001-12-04 12:00 AM
Original Body
pstrongBy Leroy Moore/Po' Poets Project/strong/p
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pby Staff Writer/p
pI can’t restbr /
br /My disabled brothers and sisters are dragged, shot and beaten to deathbr /
br /Society is scared of him..Big, black and mentally illbr /
br /Take him away and give him more pills/p
pI can’t sleepbr /
br /My disabled brothers and sisters are living on the streetsbr /
br /The ADA has done nothing for me br /Listen to my life/p
pGot raped in a shelterbr /
br /Got robbed on the streetsbr /
br /Three strikes and now I’m in prison for life/p
pI can’t restbr /
br /28 million dollars for Ed Roberts’ Campusbr /
br /Can’t even get my SSI cause I have no address... Does anybody care?br /
br /Disabled youth abused in foster car..Segregated in school.. now I’m on welfare/p
pMy disabled brothers and sisters are put to rest...br /
br /On the streets, in psychiatric wards and in prisonbr /
br /But I feel your spirit and anger in my chestbr /
br /I won’t rest..Your spirit and anger won’t rest /p
p...We won’t let you rest/p/td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p