Behind every closed door marked ‘UK’, ‘USA’, ‘Canada’, ‘Australia’, or ‘New Zealand’ lies a silent policy shift—one that pushes the most vulnerable deeper into invisibility. From clawbacks to arbitrary eligibility thresholds, disabled individuals worldwide face a tightening grip on welfare under the guise of reform. And while governments tout modernization and fiscal prudence, lived reality is exclusion, idleness, and fluorescent-lit hallways of liminality where to belong rem

Among hallways lit by fluorescent truth, a test strip turns black—patented protection priced beyond reach, while ketamine drips in sterile rooms for those deemed worthy. A birthday letter, bawdy and denied, resurfaces in political theatre. Healing and harm wear the same mask, and the liminoid wonders: is medicine a gate, or merely a curtain drawn across someone else's home?