World of Hallucination

People say life isn't fair

But it turns out alright

In clips and phrases

You just have to bother

Not to care sometimes

Sitting there on my sofa

Lost in the haze

Intricate beauty masked in eyes

Caught wide open

Staring at kids

Who have never been bothered

By why's and why not's

Or the pursuit of time

They just live

Without letting life

Pass them by

I close one eye

And I shout ARR!

In a place crowded with strangers

I'm a strange man

In a strange place

Pretending to be an alcoholic pirate

Although I'm pretty damned sure

Most pirates were alcoholics

So that's an oxymoron

Ignore me please

I'm a regular moron

Acid is fun

And shrooms make me a fun guy

(that's a clever pun involving a drug)

Someone once asked me why

I like to get high

I was astounded

Looking him dead in the eye

With the grin gone from my handsome mug

Politely, profoundly and with a shrug

I asked him a question instead

Rather than reply

"Do you really need a reason

To enjoy your only life?"

So I lit a joint

And blew the smoke in his face

He smokes to this day