Barney Miller Acid Odyssey

 

BMAO

 

blackbirds of delirium

are swarming the fiery treetops

of my perception.

 

beneath a neurotic sky

of orange sherbet

melting into black mud,

 

angel feathers and cinders

fall like bits of a shattered Heaven,

 

dead bodies swing dance

to minor chord Orphean tornados,

 

Eurydice,

wearing nothing but sandals

of woven vipers,

hangs from a bleated satyr spell

over the pit of Hades.

 

blades of crashing news helicopters

cut and toss chunks of earth and bone

in all directions.

 

I stare back at the disappearing

trail that led me to this broken place,

but my surefire breadcrumbs

have been eaten by sewer rats.

 

just another shithole truck stop

on my epic journey

to find, and detain God.

 

I’ve got to get Him back

to the 12^th Precinct,

so that Sergeant Fish

can ask Him some questions

about where He was

when this whole mess began.

 

meanwhile,

I’m out of cigarettes,

and my trigger finger

is twitching like an angry

scorpion’s tail.

 

Reviews

[roarke]

I'm sending you my chiropractor bill for whiplash....

There's a chunk, a hunk in here that is super groovey:
"Eurydice,
wearing nothing but sandals
of woven vipers,
hangs from a bleated satyr spell
over the pit of Hades.

blades of crashing news helicopters
cut and toss chunks of earth and bone
in all directions."

then of course there's this little diddie:

"just another shithole truck stop
on my epic journey
to find, and detain God."

finally coming to rest on the kicker:
"meanwhile,
I’m out of cigarettes,
and my trigger finger
is twitching like an angry
scorpion’s tail."

The rest of the stuff...... ya gotta start washing out the margarita blender more often....

Now I gotta go get some first aid for the third degree burns on my brain tissue.

[LJW]

Must've been Purple Microdot.