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HOLIDAYS - PD & ME! (poem) posted December 03, 2000 10:44 PM In response to several requests, here's the poem read on Chy's "Travels with Parkinson's" radio show of Dec. 3 (pegleg & toad guest speakers). Our topic was "Beating the Holiday Blues" (Do we ever beat them?) Holidays – PD & Me Christmas is a’ comin’ . . . the goose is getting fat! The tree’s not up at my house . . . and presents, they’re not wrapped! My neighbor’s yard shines brightly with a lighted manger scene. In my yard – bits of pumpkin, smashed the night of Halloween! The spicy smells of cider and baking homemade bread, Are really puffs of Glade that I have bought instead! Doors all decorated, with tinsel & glitter galore! But “Martha Stewart’s Not Welcome” is hanging on my door! You see, I’m not a Scrooge, and I’d love to be so free . . . From this thing we know as Parkinson’s - for short we say “PD.” It robs us of our energy, our stamina and time. When holidays arrive – we just get far behind. Too tired to see those plays & stuff – we feel like a recluse. But there’s a silver lining, ‘cause we’ve got a good excuse! Christmas is a’ comin’ . . . sit back and let it roll. Don’t worry ‘bout January bills – don’t let it take its toll! So let the goose get foundered – watch others lose their wits. And to you, Martha Stewart – you can kiss my grits! copyright Peggy Willocks December, 2000 http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/ubb/Forum71/HTML/002994.html janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie 53 now /44 dx cd / 43 onset cd /41 dx pd / 37 onset pd TEL: 613 256 8340 SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/