June 18, 2007

After The Shaking Stopped

I read an article last night about a drug now being tested called Cogane.
Remarkable claims are being made and the word "cure" is being more than hinted at. Here are a few links:

Drugs company cracks Parkinson's with cure

Patients hope claim of a cure is genuine
Phytopharm up on Parkinson drug trial
Phytopharm waiting for big breakthrough

New Drug May Be Parkinson's Cure

This is some hot stuff, I'd advice you add the word COGANE to your Google News Alert list so you can be kept abreast of what's going on.

I read the early stories on this last night and began to weep as I pondered the possibility... a cure? Really?

Well, I woke up this morning with the skeleton of this poem in my mind. It's structure is based on the song "After The Revolution" by David Rovics... I suppose if it were ever to be sung, the tune would be very similar.
It's silly, playful, extra-idealized and goofy... so what?
Here goes.

After the Shaking Stopped


It was a time I'll always remember
Because I will never forget
The day a cure came down upon us
And Parkinson's stopped being a threat
And once our bodies settled
The day seemed to take on light
And an inner calm engulfed us
Like it was all gonna be alright
That's how it felt to be alive
After the shaking stopped

From Atlanta to St. Joseph
People opened up their door
Freed from their inner prison
They wouldn't stay inside no more
No more would they feel self conscious
Their dignity restored
And walking now in sunshine
Years of patience found reward
And somewhere in Hilo a happy mother smiled and cried
After the shaking stopped

Hospital wings were standing open
And a father hugged his son
They spoke of future plans now
For a new day had begun
Millions of happy people
Went to a celebration fair
As Michael J Fox and Muhammad
Sparred playfully in the square
Then they talked about what they'd do now
Now that the shaking stopped

With the money we would save
We worried less about our bills
We gave away all our canes and wheelchairs
And gave a flush to all our pills
And we all wrote the papers
To have a holiday declared
The day our body's chains released us
The day that we were unimpaired
And we commisioned statues of the researchers
After the shaking stopped

Stem cells stopped being an issue
Nothing left there to debate
No need for playing politics
No need for blinding hate
For when the curing happened
We held on for all we're worth
To the idea that our happiness
Might spread through all the earth
And then we'd hear of other diseases being cured too
After the shaking stopped

We started working in our gardens more
Got involved in our community
We rediscovered our fellow man
And learned to live in dignity
We learned to treat our bodies
As the precious gifts they are
We ate more from the organic produce aisle
And less from the cookie jar
And Hallmark printed up extra thank you cards that day
After the shaking stopped

And then the Parkinson's bloggers
Found free time now on their hands
So we headed down to Florida
To bury our toes in the sands
I spent a few years catching up
With my wife, my friends and lovers
Waking up at the crack of dawn
After sweet rest under the covers
Then I decided to to learn the accordion...
After the shaking stopped

Posted by Lalo on June 18, 2007 4:12 AM



LOL...poetry for poetry, ok?

RESURRECTION


The news is so compelling:

A CURE is what they’re selling…

Are there parts that they aren’t telling?

Maybe something they got wrong?

Think of all the industries now

That depend to some degree

On keeping people with PD

Alive.

No more deep brain stimulations

No more drug-mix complications

No more doctor’s computations

No Parky organizations

nor politico’s orations

or social deprivations…

& YOU can drive to town!

And, the hopeful me’s believing

That a healthy man’s retrieving

Can make up for all the grieving

Done in those Parkinson’s years.

A little gland, corrected means

a whole life resurrected.

To those of us connected

to you, it’s a GREAT day!
:^)

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