My Time in the Fog

a fantasy piece about what may have been had I used drugs in my youth...that's right

My Time in the Fog

 

As I look back to the days when I grew all that hair

All the ‘square’ people would point and they’d stare,

With my copy of ‘High Times’ tucked into a pocket,

I’d bop down the road, eyes popped out of their sockets.

We’d swallow dots on paper, which flavor’s the best?

All these shapes fly past, is this a Rorschach test?

There’s Lucy in the sky, which gem is she wearing?

Running yellow brick roads with my tendons all tearing.

 

Writing protest songs against the war machine,

My hair may be dirty but all my good bud is clean.

All the kids that were preppy would turn up their noses

When we flashed the peace symbol, struck protest poses.

We’d sit around and smoke weed till the bad went away,

Going seven whole years while never missing a day.

Now my days are much shorter, I’m now an adult,

I won’t tell of the days I belonged to a cult.

 

Don’t know if that weed has maligned me a bit,

But I will let you know if I ever do quit.

 

dan © 2014

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Reviews

[Nisreen]

I find much humor in this piece
Well i seen tons of people that enjoy weed
And they seem to all be talking alot
and laughing

I think it would do nothing for me
I noticed when i got sedated in the hospital ... well i was still awake
everyone was looking at me like What ...... lol

i enjoyed this write

[dan]

I do enjoy the taste and trappings of some good bud, but I've also been sedated for my own good and it's not the same at all. This was meant in fun however, with only part (most) of it true. Thank you for the kind words. take care...dan

[Jerome F Knox III pseud..]

Well you can come here to Colorado where it is legal and dispensaries are on every corner like Walgreens. I love the reflectiveness of this piece and have experienced most of the things you described. Beautiful crafted with nostalgic overtones.

[dan]

Rico, Due to my bipolar disorder I would qualify for medicinal marijuana...if it was legal in Pennsylvania! And you're right, I was nostalgic when I wrote it. At times it seems like those days were very recent, at other times they seem a million years away. I'll meet you down at Walgreen's, Rico. I'm buying! take care...dan

[ANTO]

Stacked with references - each one an image or foot-reel that has become so familiar with any generation after those days. This is so cool it gave me the munchies (im told thats a drug reference thingy)
Very well written Dan.

[dan]

Anto, Thank you for giving your perspective on this semi-fictional tale. And the munchies reference had me laughing out loud. Thanks for making my day, my friend. take care...dan

[ANTO]

I made your day ? Thats made my night Dan...
thank you dear poet

[Kelly Scheppers]

I don't give much credence to the past, when the present is ever fleeting. Who you once were has afforded you to become who you are now. An interesting introspective, Dan!

[dan]

This was for a challenge called "From the Mind of an Aging Hippie." Though I was never exactly a hippie, I was able to use my imagination (mostly) and cobble together this write. It actually won the challenge on Starlite. Thanks for the read/review! take care...dan