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marnanelPoem by Jackie Hagan. Animation made by Marnanel Thurman as part of the short film "Sickos" about chronic illness, for the 2019 Sick Festival, in Manchester, England.
Here lies Jackie Hagan.
She is finally free
from her disability,
from the constant pills that made her drunk
so quickly and so inexpensively,
free from the attention she was warned about
that she courted,
blissful.
Free from her disability,
her favourite colour,
her sexuality,
and small, bearlike gender identity.
Here lies Jackie Hagan.
She is free from being
working class.
Maybe now she will be able to
pronounce "chimley" right,
and drink wine
at a ladylike speed.
Here lies Jackie Hagan.
She is finally free
from her disability,
from the constant pills that made her drunk
so quickly and so inexpensively,
free from the attention she was warned about
that she courted,
blissful.
Free from her disability,
her favourite colour,
her sexuality,
and small, bearlike gender identity.
Here lies Jackie Hagan.
She is free from being
working class.
Maybe now she will be able to
pronounce "chimley" right,
and drink wine
at a ladylike speed.
