“Teach the crippled how to leap,
Throw their crutches on a heap”

—  Sydney Carter

"Come, Holy Harlequin" (1974)
Context: Teach the crippled how to leap,
Throw their crutches on a heap,
Rock, love, carry it away, turn it upside down.
Rock, love, carry it away,
Lift the world up by your levity,
Rock, love, carry it away, turn it upside down.

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British musician and poet 1915–2004

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