To suffer slings and crutches
of nature’s misfortunes is not
enough. The dribbling self-
defecating masses,
when we’re not too busy
cheating taxpayers and watching
David Dickinson, are revolting.
‘In-valid’ is the word I’m sure
Westminster would prefer to promote,
or the 19th century return
of the ‘undeserving poor’, which
is making a strong comeback with our
carers on £55 per week. But hey! we’re all
in this together, so along with inflation
to deflating our wheelchair tyres
here comes a cut in our benefits. We can’t
riot like students, or strike like unions,
so they can let us have a little shout
a bit of swear as some of us are deaf
and some can’t see what’s going on,
those with MS will probably fall down
before they even reach Parliament Square,
where they brush us aside as having tourettes
and say: “calm down dear
it’s only your benefits,
go get a meaningless underpaid job
‘cos yer worthless and no one
gives a toss”. An attitude apparently
endorsed by the BBC
who somehow forgot to give
our rally any coverage on TV.
The hardest hit take yet another slap,
swept under the carpet, kept hidden
in the attic and out of sight
less we offend sensitive bankers
and coalition politicians, who have
full use of their arms and legs, but
sadly suffer a crippled moral compass.

© Paul Levy


Disabled people stage protest over spending cuts
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P.A. Levy, a disabled writer, living in Suffolk, has been published online and in print - ‘A cappella Zoo’ to ‘Zygote In My Coffee’, and is a founding member of the Clueless Collective.

My daughter remarked this was a Disney
weekend; a prince married a ‘commoner’
and the U.S. helicopter cavalry
killed the bad man to save
the world - again.
In truth, none of this actually matters to me
but what would have been really magical
would have been West Ham getting three points
away to City - all things considered
that would have been a miracle.

© P.A. Levy

West Ham match report
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P.A. Levy has been published in many magazines, both online and in print, from ‘A cappella Zoo’ to ‘Zygote In My Coffee’, and is a founding member of the Clueless Collective.

on the morning of yet another
royal wedding i got up late
and unplugged the telly
choosing not to watch bargain hunt
(not rhyming slang) with all
that royal doulton royal worcester
all kinds of chipped and broken royal tat
or some other boring daytime chit chat
about what colour
kate’s royal knickers would be
‘cos i knew that today the media
in a bid to patriotically outdo each other
would be non-stop waving union jacks
as a regressive demonstration
of what a backward nation
we really are
with all that ancient pomp and ceremony
uniforms and royal etiquette
curdling the milk of me cornflakes
and when cutting a slice of bread for toast
it made me think of eating cake
madame guillotine
and finding the money to pay the bills
twenty first century job seeking man
running amok
in the museum of modern england

© Paul Levy

The Royal Wedding
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P.A. Levy has been published in many magazines, both online and in print, from ‘A cappella Zoo’ to ‘Zygote In My Coffee’, and is a founding member of the Clueless Collective.