Julie has worked as Writer in Residence for a number of organisations,
including Holton Lee, East Midlands Shape, MIND, Ithaca and
ICI. Her poetry has been published widely in magazines and anthologies.
writers from the anthology 'Fresher than Green, Brighter than Orange'
Publications include: Fresher Than Green,
Brighter than Orange (Survivors Press £2.95),
Under the Asylum Tree (Survivors Press £7.95) and
soon to be launched: We Have Come Through (Bloodaxe Books
£8.95)
The Prozac Princess
They've worried my mind till I'm weary
drowned me in drugs to despair
yes I'm on the caring circus
with the services who care
watch me soft-shoe-shuffle
on the Diazepam dazzle dance daze
where all the world's a forget-me-fog
and my whole life's just a phase
Just call me the Prozac Princess
while I rattle round and round
on the magical medical mystery tour
I'm on the miracle cure they've found
They tell me I'll feel much better
Dothiepin's the dope
Britain's sunshine smarty
the quack quack quack's new hope
But you can't bomb me into oblivion
or bleed these brain cells dry
'cause this zombie's into rebellion
this baby's gonna fly
So I've flushed the phenos down the toilet
gave the diazepam to the dog
buried the barbiturates in the garden
I'm going to get myself a job
think I'll be a chemist !)
Performance Poetry tapes - Prozac Princess £6
available through Silvie at NDAF, email silvie@ndaf.org
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