Ode to Hunter S Thompson

dedicated to hunter s thompson

 

If I would have able been to show you something different,

Mr. Rainbow friend,

Mr. Game show host

And the sweet to the line

Of the body politic,

 

I would have a birthday party

And invite everybody

Including the land of the weird,

 

The Spaghetti Highways

And breakfast buffets

The Texas burrito

And the Louisiana back roads,

 

This is where I am from,”

 

Dark knight hero of Journalism

Where the LA scenes are strobe lights,

And every part of greenery

Has that urban plantation

Full of go-getters and pink flamencos,

 

But the movement in the head

Is a radio with new Stations

And the headlines red

And deep soul bodies

Make love in the twilight.

 

I was hung that night,

On a quart of tequila

And an orange sunrise

 

Drifting to the hotel,

I came across the formulaic,

The Devil Dealers and the Car salesmen

Meticulous with numbers and the cash pay hey day,

 

The person behind the stand

Asked for I.D.

The clerk had a face like a strict librarian

And a high school cook,

They exchanged strange mutated misnomers

And that was it.

 

I was in my room

Pretended to be Dr. Gonzo in black and

White/ It was sold to the lowest bidder in this

Auction of mayhem,

Bidding my sanity for a press release

On the derby race,

 

In the Land of the reptiles,

The mutinous, monstrosities don’t fair well,

It is gift as well as a curse,

Nothing is straight- forward in the land of the free,

You just bought yourself a ticket

To Laslow’s Masquerade show

 

My lawyer, the in-breed, I knew his tie was on too tight!

If I were you I would have rid of myself these mutants…yet

You would have destroyed a part of yourself in the process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Jenny Davis]

I remember you reading this and it is so nice to see it here in print, I was able to wrap my eyes around your ideas...this is a great beat poem, so typical of an intelligent, creative writer like you...thanks for posting this :)

[Blackbirdsong]

Lionel when did you write this? I don't remember if it and you know this is like 1000% times better than that show about Hunter S. Thompson on TV last week...you've captured him in this poem, without all the negative aspects of his various addictions and show us the bright, intelligent man - who was also high on various opiates - who created a whole new form of writing. This is really brilliantly written. Did you have this up before and I forgot it? Dang I'm getting old if I have forgotten this...either way I love it and it's going in my favorites.

[Anthony Morningstar]

Now I've got to read some Hunter S. Thompson for sure.