Have you ever had one of those days – where you want to write something serious, something thought provoking, and deeply meaningful?  No, me neither. [devilish grin]

I am reminded of a song by a group called “Ten Years After” that has a line that goes something like this:

I’d love to change the world, but I don’t know what to do.

And then, that line makes me think of another song – “Be The Change” – I’m fairly sure that this song was inspired by the famous quote of Mohandas Gandhi, “Be the change that you want to see in the world.“  And I realize that I am changing the world.  How About That

I’ve added another poem to the Poetry Section of WillDuWeb.  It’s called:

Old Man Shouts At Clouds

As the screen door silently squeaks
The old man to the front porch sneaks
He shakes his fist and stomps his feet
Nods and winks at apparitions he meets

In his mind there is no rest
There are pundits he detests
He stomps his feet and shakes his fist
Stuck in a rewind of a “that’s-wrong” list

There are no whispers – only shouts
Black and white has replaced all doubts
He thinks he knows – his balls are brass
He doesn’t know – his head’s up his ass

In the clouds, he finds traces
Of idiot words and idiot’s faces
He shouts at clouds, but he can’t hear
His words are drowned by wordless fear

Sometimes, the words just spill out …
And I don’t clean them up
I just write them down
Will Dugan

Another poem has been added to the Poetry Section of WillDuWeb.

I’m not sure why I like this nonsensical poem so much, but it is a lot of fun to read -

Out Loud, Real Fast.

I challenge you to try it a few times!

The Turtle And The Poodle Part 2

The turtle named Kaboodle
and the poodle that could doodle
met a chicken who had little but a noodle.
Wow! said the poodle that could doodle.
The chick’s got more than a little.
Her little’s in the middle,
It’s quite fit and fiddle.
I wonder if she’s smart enough to huddle.

So the turtle named Kaboodle
and the poodle that could doodle
huddled with the chicken and her noodle.
Wow! said turtle named Kaboodle.
I really dig this chicken and her noodle.
The noodle knows to huddle.
And the noodle’s not befuddled.
I wonder if the chicken can jump hurdles.

Oh my, oh yes – it’s just as you guessed …

The turtle named Kaboodle
and the poodle that could doodle
jumped hurdles with the chicken with the noodle.

Then the turtle named Kaboodle
and the chicken who had little but a noodle
posed for the poodle that could doodle.
And the poodle that could doodle doodled,
and he doodled,
and he doodled,
and he doodled.
He doodled oodles and boodles of huddles and hurdles,
He doodled chickens with noodles and puddles with turtles,
He doodled doodling poodles …
and hurtling noodles …
all drawn together with huddles and hurdles and puddles and turtles and …

But wait, oh yes – I know you have guessed -
We just have to do some verse for the puddle.

And it came to pass,
The turtle named Kaboodle
and the poodle that could doodle
and the chicken who had little but a noodle
fell into a puddle.
But the chicken had a noodle – so the chicken’s not befuddled.
And the chicken figured out how to get out of the puddle.

Then, the chicken who had little but a noodle
looked down upon the turtle named Kaboodle and the poodle that could doodle
as they huddled in the puddle looking up at the chicken and her noodle.

So the chicken with little but a noodle jumped back into the puddle
and they all commenced to huddle right in the middle of the puddle.

But then disaster struck (so sad, so sad, too bad, too bad)

As the turtle named Kaboodle
and the poodle that could doodle
huddled with the chicken who had little but a noodle -
The poodle that could doodle got befuddled
and ate our hero chicken’s little noodle.

So they’re muddled in the puddle – all of them befuddled -
The turtle named Kaboodle.
The poodle that could doodle,
And the poor little chicken who now has been denoodled.

I Like Words
They’re Sometimes Fun
I Play With Words
And Sometimes, Pun
Will Dugan

WAKE UP PEOPLE – What’s Wrong With This Picture?

It starts like this:

The park should be a warm and happy place, but the scene seems brooding – a grey, almost colorless setting.  A sullen woman with a sad voice intones, “I’m taking an antidepressant, but I think I might need more help.”

The voice-over states, as fact, “approximately 2 out of 3 people being treated for depression still have depression symptoms.”

Next, we encounter a man in morose contemplation, “I’m on an antidepressant, but I’m still not where I want to be with my symptoms.”

According to this commercial message, there is a drug that is FDA approved to work in conjunction with other medications that are used as treatment for depression – just in case your depression symptoms are not being alleviated with whatever your doctor has prescribed.  “If your antidepressant alone isn’t enough, talk to your doctor.  One option your doctor may consider is adding Abilify …”.

There is something wrong, practically absurd, about this commercial message.  Please, stop and think for a moment about what it might be ….

Is it the list of possible side-effects – some of them down-right frightening? (Permanent involuntary muscle spasms?  A sugar-induced coma from which you may never awaken?  Death?)

Is it that YOU are supposed to ask your doctor about adding this drug to your antidepressant medication?  (Shouldn’t YOUR DOCTOR be the one to consider the use of such a drug in the first place?)

Or perhaps, it is this:

If “approximately 2 out of 3 people being treated for depression still have depression symptoms” … instead of considering adding another drug to the regimen, shouldn’t we at least consider the possibility that something is wrong?  Something is wrong with the diagnosis procedure?  Or something is wrong with the prescribed treatments procedure?

Is your doctor one who has diagnosed depression and prescribed a medication treatment that does NOT seem to be alleviating your problem?  Should you ask him/her about adding another drug – especially a drug with such harsh possible side effects?

WAKE UP PEOPLE – What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Just Thinking Out Loud
Will Dugan

Another poem has been added to the Poetry Section of WillDuWeb.com.

This particular poem was written by request in response to a “real-life” soap opera type drama that unfolded in a small Illinois community a few years back.

It’s called The Popcorn Judge

Will Dugan

Here’s a piece of a song verse that has shaped my life.   It is from a song called “Wind Up” from the Album “Aqualung” by Jethro Tull.

How do you dare to tell me that I’m my father’s son
When that was just an accident of birth.
I’d rather look around me – compose a better song
‘Cos that’s the honest measure of my worth

Will Dugan