OH THE PAIN, THE MADNESS.
HI JOURNAL.
SIT DOWN AND WRITE WHAT YOU THINK,
AND THINK NOT WHAT YOU WRITE.
COME, LET US TALK OF MANY THINGS,
OF SHOES AND SHIPS AND CEILING WAX,
AND CABBAGES AND KINGS,
AND WHY THE SEA IS BOILING HOT,
AND WETHER PIGS HAVE WINGS.
EDWARD LEAR.
I DO NOT HAVE A DISEASE OF ANY KIND,
I DO NOT SUFFFR FROM PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
I WILL NOT BE DESCRIBED IN SUCH NEGATIVE TERMS.
SUFFICE TO SAY 'TRAVELING WITH PARKINSON'S CONDITION.'
THERE YOU GO, AND THERE I GO.
HEY LOOK AT ME, I'VE GONE CRAZY.
WELL THAT'S AS MAY BE.
IF THAT BEING SO,
THEN WHAT OF THE GUY WHO,
ACCUSES HIS WIFE OF FAKING PARKINSON'S,
SHEAR MADNESS, PERHAPS ?
I AM REMINDED OF THE SAYING -
'THEY WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY,
THEY FIRST MAKE MAD.'
A MEDICARE SYSTEM THAT,
FOR THE SAKE OF A LOUSY $800,
HAS FORCED SOMEONE TO STOP AND DROP,
ONE OF HER PRESCRIBED PARKINSON'S MEDICATIONS,
NOW BEING UNAFFORDABLE TO HER.
OR THE PATIENT IN HOSPITAL,
FOR SURGERY UNRELATED TO PARKINSON'S,
BEING GIVEN THE WRONG HIGH DOSES,
OF THE WRONG ANTI PARKINSON'S DRUGS.
AND I'M CRAZY ?
SOME THINGS ARE NEVER QUITE,
WHAT THEY SEEM.
SIT DOWN AND WRITE WHAT YOU THINK,
AND THINK NOT WHAT YOU WRITE.
COME, LET US TALK OF MANY THINGS,
OF SHOES AND SHIPS AND CEILING WAX,
AND CABBAGES AND KINGS,
AND WHY THE SEA IS BOILING HOT,
AND WETHER PIGS HAVE WINGS.
EDWARD LEAR.
I DO NOT HAVE A DISEASE OF ANY KIND,
I DO NOT SUFFFR FROM PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
I WILL NOT BE DESCRIBED IN SUCH NEGATIVE TERMS.
SUFFICE TO SAY 'TRAVELING WITH PARKINSON'S CONDITION.'
THERE YOU GO, AND THERE I GO.
HEY LOOK AT ME, I'VE GONE CRAZY.
WELL THAT'S AS MAY BE.
IF THAT BEING SO,
THEN WHAT OF THE GUY WHO,
ACCUSES HIS WIFE OF FAKING PARKINSON'S,
SHEAR MADNESS, PERHAPS ?
I AM REMINDED OF THE SAYING -
'THEY WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY,
THEY FIRST MAKE MAD.'
A MEDICARE SYSTEM THAT,
FOR THE SAKE OF A LOUSY $800,
HAS FORCED SOMEONE TO STOP AND DROP,
ONE OF HER PRESCRIBED PARKINSON'S MEDICATIONS,
NOW BEING UNAFFORDABLE TO HER.
OR THE PATIENT IN HOSPITAL,
FOR SURGERY UNRELATED TO PARKINSON'S,
BEING GIVEN THE WRONG HIGH DOSES,
OF THE WRONG ANTI PARKINSON'S DRUGS.
AND I'M CRAZY ?
SOME THINGS ARE NEVER QUITE,
WHAT THEY SEEM.
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