Just 36 away from the full monty.
I’ve written 75 column for the ole paper of news … 31 are on line here
https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/search/?q=Parkinality
I have joined the core group who are organising world Parkinson’s day for Parkinson’s UK.
And I have mislaid my sense of humour. What on earth is that sentence doing ‘all making sense and the like’. Where has the wittiness gone, the analogies, the jokes, jests, and Jessie’s. Is it under the table, or on the floor, or has it rolled out of the door …
Well I think an ode or several are called for, ‘cooee cum by’ :
PD
We might shuffle and shake, whisper and whine
About this called PD, it’s with us all of the time
We get some brief respite, every now and then
When we briefly forget, until it returns again
We want to raise awareness, remove the stigma and fear
On World Parkinson’s day, 11th April each year
We are informing, we’re not making a fuss
Please take a minute, to think about us
We are a person living in fear
On the inside, we are the same as last year
So don’t judge this book by it’s cover, think about what you can do
To spread awareness, to light up the world blue
Lumbered
I was lumbered with this flaming disease at 44 years young
I decided straight away I didn’t want it to spoil my fun
I spend my time raising awareness, I write about what its like being me
I write a blog and a newspaper column, which I call Parkinality
I don’t want sympathy, I try not to complain
I don’t want people tilting their heads, thinking ‘Isn’t it a shame’
World Parkinson’s Day is important to us
It is a day when we can all share why we are unreliable and unpredictable
It is important to make people aware
So don’t judge this book by it’s cover, on the inside I am still me
To us every day is World Parkinson’s Day
And I am still trying to find a rhyme for degenerative neurological disease
Under the table and rolled out of the door and under a bush, and now my poor meatball is nothing but mush
