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Poet, performer and disability culture activist, 1948–2013
Easier to watch TV tonight than be aware of our bodies together-- Two gimps working at love.
But then-- your hands your hands reassuring your hands your lips your thighs Slow down your eyes Oh yeah your Irish eyes your lips your thighs your thighs the welcome pitch and roll Shh Two gimps yeah working at love Shh a woman and a man in love working at love.
Wade performs this poem in her video Here (1991–92). The text is from the performance’s printed handout, dated © 1986–1990. Read the whole performance.
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