Questions (Page 3)

She doesn’t want to understand.

What she wants is a set of responses that fit into her points system.

She is focussed on the drop down menu on the computer behind which she is partially obscured.

Image: ‘Tin hug’, Maria Rose Wilson, 2022

“Can you make a cup of tea?” 

“Yes.” 

Zero points.

“Can you feed yourself?” 

“…Making meals is hard, I am so exhausted…”

“ I mean are you physically capable?”

“Technically but…”

“You don’t need a feeding tube?”

“No.”

Zero points.

All those zeros. They will add up to ‘Ineligible for Employment Support Allowance.” 

Without this, I am screwed. 

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