Do you know the Huey Lewis song, I Want A New Drug? Well, I was inspired today to write a poem using the lyrics of that song as a mentor text.
Once again, I am fighting with myself about friendships and how I react to people and people react to me. I crave REAL conversation. A give and take of information, delivered with concern and fed by genuine caring and curiosity is what I seek. Rarely, am I asked about things I am doing, despite people knowing about what occupies my time. Jewelry making, writing, sewing, or teaching: it doesn’t matter the topic, it goes on without inquiry from others. And, since there’s no inquiry, I offer some information during the course of conversing. Still, once the information is offered, there are no follow-up questions or curiosity, or even observations. The most I get are suggestions. I don’t really want those, especially when there’s not any other type of conversation.
Does anyone else go through this? I seem to have a cyclic occurrence of these feelings. It is a complex issue. And, I realize I bear as much responsibility for how I feel as anyone. I’d just like to figure out how to manage these feelings so that I’m happier with some of my friendships.
The lyrics to the Huey Lewis song are the following:
(I was in college when this song was popular.)
“I want a new drug, one that won’t make me sick
One that won’t make me crash my car
Or make me feel three-feet thick
I want a new drug, one that won’t hurt my head
One that won’t make my mouth too dry
Or make my eyes too red
One that won’t make me nervous
Wonderin’ what to do
One that makes me feel like I feel when I’m with you
When I’m alone with you
I want a new drug, one that won’t spill
One that don’t cost too much
Or come in a pill
I want a new drug, one that won’t go away
One that won’t keep me up all night
One that won’t make me sleep all-day
One that won’t make me nervous
Wonderin’ what to do
One that makes me feel like I feel when I’m with you
I’m alone with you, baby
I’m alone with you, baby
I want a new drug, one that does what it should
One that won’t make me feel too bad
One that won’t make me feel too good
I want a new drug, one with no doubt
One that won’t make me talk to much
Or make my face breakout
One that won’t make me nervous
Wonderin’ what to do
One that makes me feel like I feel when I’m with you
I’m alone with you
I’m alone with you, yeah, yeah”
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Christopher John Hayes / Huey Lewis. 1983.
I Want a New Drug lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc
If you need to hear it, you can watch the YouTube video here.
Here goes my version of wanting a friendship me to make me feel good. Read it as though you are singing along with the tune of Huey Lewis’s I Want a New Drug!
I want a new friend, one that won’t make me mad.
One that won’t make me lose my sleep
Or make me feel real, real bad.
I want a new friend, one that won’t make me sad.
One that shows some interest in me
Or, at least, asks what I oversee.
I want a new friend,
Oh, yes! I really do!
One that I can converse with well,
and feel heard like I’m a ringing bell.
It’s not enough for you just to know what I tell,
But what you ask me without having to yell.
Ask me, ask me, about what I do,
I want a new friend, how about you?!
© Draft, Carol Labuzzetta, 2022. NaPoWriMo #7
Tomorrow, 4/8/22, is Poetry Friday. Since poets from all over the world participate in Poetry Friday, I’ve been trying to post earlier to the host’s page. Thus, on Thursdays, you might get a post from me in the morning as well as in the evening. The host for this week’s Poetry Friday Round-Up is Janice Scully from Salt City Verse. She offeres a wonderful book review and author interview for a children’s poetry book based on a day at a pond. It is well worth the read. Thank you for hosting Janice!
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