The New Drug
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Huey Lewis and The News had a song “I Want A New Drug” back in the mid 80’s. Went something like:
I want a new drug, one that won’t make me feel sick. One that won’t make me crash my car, or feel three feet thick…
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, wondering what to do, one that makes me feel like I feel when I’m with you…
Yeah, I got Sports when it came out and listened to the songs on it over and over and over… So, where in there is your writing prompt? In the new drug.
I got to thinking about this by staring at the small stack of vitamins I have piled on the table here by the computer. Determined to get healthier for the new year, so got me some vitamins, and as I was looking at them that song came to mind. Needing a writing prompt for today I decided that A New Drug would be a good one to write about.
Is it a new drug that has been released on the streets? Maybe a new drug guaranteed to make you thin? Perhaps someone has released a new drug that is supposed to make people live forever? Or maybe write from the perspective of the scientist that is trying to create the drug? Or write about the guy in his garage that was trying to make aspirin taste better and ended up with an entirely new drug?
