Shaky hands stumble,
a cup slipping out of reach.
Morning light casting spotlights
as the cup meets concrete.
Interrupting familiar routines and
left helpless to watch it shatter.
I can’t mend it.
Shattered pieces spread far,
in places unreachable,
in numbers too laborious to contain,
in an overwhelming chorus of sound.
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Kate Matesic is a writer, creative, zine maker, and disability advocate. They produce work that examines contemporary society’s viewpoints on disability issues, in contrast to the disability community’s perspectives. Kate’s goal is to make work that shares authentic experiences of disability through themes of community, disability justice, digital spaces, and neurodivergence.
