Pounding The Keyboard

  “I don’t need no arms around me And I don’t need no drugs to calm me I have seen the writing on the wall Don’t think I need anything at all…”                Pink Floyd, "Another Brick In The Wall Part 3"        Cough medicines are prone to abuse. When I was in college, which was five centuries ago, a classmate told me that listening to rock music, especially Pink Floyd, would be greatly enhanced while you’re high. “I listened to The Wall for 12 hours straight while high with cough syrup and it was freakin’ awesome, all the songs in that album just got better,” he told me, sounding very convincing, so one day, I brought home a bottle of cough syrup (which brand he advised), drank all of it and listened to Pink Floyd.      Nope, nothing was enhanced. I mean, I enjoyed the music like I enjoyed it before, which was without the drug. But I remember feeling nauseous and a little lightheaded at that time. My classmate told me to consume a bigger bottle for the much

  It’s a brand new year So stop shedding those old tears Stop feeling those old fears Be still Look away Stop following that white rabbit Down that hole There’s nothing but illusion and delusions down there Yes, Alice is there Stop stalking her How many times you want her to shrink and expand? Chesire Cat is grinning again One who loves pussies grins alike Now, walk away Before the queen asks for your head It’s a brand new year So please dry off those old tears Drive away those old fears Put those stories down

       Second day of New Year, and my cough has so worsened that I have been advised to go to a doctor, but there’s no love lost between me and the doctors, so, no, I won’t go to them yet, though this cough has been wreaking a bit of havoc on me. My throat is sore and it’s painful to swallow, and I haven’t been exercising for more than two weeks now, the bikes are all now covered with our dog’s hairs and the stationary bike is covered with dust, so all the calories and the bad cholesterol I ingested these holidays will soon do damage, and I sorely lack sleep now as I have been howling, er, barking, er, coughing, through the nights. I so sorely lack sleep that after a long while, I had sleep paralysis again, demons crawling up your bed, telling you that they will kill you.     I spent the New Year's revelry two days ago just lying on the bed,  hopefully my whole 2024 wouldn't be as lazy.      Anyway, excluding this cough, 2023 was so nice to me and my family (siblings and im