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To get high or not to get high
by Ed Matlack → (All Poetry by Ed Matlack)
Thursday, March 2, 2017    Rated "G" by the Author.
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I truly wish my muse would return full throttle, I really feel like I am just fighting to write something/anything...


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I ask myself, do I wanna get high,
And further I say to myself why,
What is the draw to getting high,
But to be honest I cannot lie,
I sit here and toke, get the munchies,
And then I just want to eat pie…

Then my sugar goes way up,
And I feel more than a little high,
I have to take some insulin,
From a needle stuck in my thigh,
If I break the needle, then I cry,
Then I wish for adrenalin…

Where are the acid trip flashbacks,
That were promised me in my teens,
Only do I get them in my dreams,
Well, you know I will eventually get high,
All I want to do is, in the end, relax.
© 3/2/17 –me-

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Reviewed by D. Vegas (Reader)
Reviewed on March 5, 2017
As long as you write something...you are writing!

Always,

Deborah

Reviewed on March 3, 2017
Take a toke, hold your smoke, blow your f***in' mind!!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on March 3, 2017
Seems several of your commenters enjoy toking-the-Bobo-Bush as much as you do. I do not. I did, however, go through a season (about 10 years ago) when Scotch whiskey had me fully incarcerated. I slammed half a bottle a day (or more) for a coupla years. I developed so many physical problems, lost so many confidants, and became such a stellar asshole, I forced myself to stop. It's just not an option anymore. Speaking for myself: Health and clarity of thought is priceless.

Sometimes the things we fear most about aging - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity. I write most days. I believe the way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away. A good deal of what I write I delete. A persons thoughts can be a friend or an enemy. Maybe you can relate. Creativity matters, I'm sure for all of us, and especially as we age. But I've learned, and seen firsthand in others, that substance eventually muddles the thought-processes, and also interferes with the spiritual connections that impart the creative seeds to us. At this stage of life, the only addiction I have, is adrenaline. All the best... r

Reviewed on March 3, 2017
Dear Knave Knumb Knutz:

Oh, how yew dew Cry!
Wanna get High!
Don yer Tie-Dyed Acid-Reflux Shirt ...
Sip some Alcohol-Laced Squirt ...
Drag n' Puff n' Take a Toke ...
Mary Jane ewe must Smoke ...
Ease yer Pain ... then yew Won't Hurt !

Watch Johnny Depp n' my Daughter Ann -
In that old Flick "Cry Baby" ...
In which She was an Extra ...
And then just Maybe ...
Yer Muse might return?
Maybe ... Maybe ... Maybe ... ???

😜✌️🎉🤡✌️😜 - Yer Ole Pal ...
Sir Cur ... The One-Eth !!!

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on March 3, 2017
Fire that puppy up,
and toke away.
If I was there I'd help you,
and high we'd stay.

Reviewed by Walt Hardester
Reviewed on March 3, 2017
Get High!
Good for you
and good for I.

~W~

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on March 3, 2017
I'll just take a glass of cheap California burgundy.

Reviewed by Scott Zachary
Reviewed on March 3, 2017
Stop Bogarting that joint, buddy. Pass it on. Other people want to get high, too, ya know. It's been so long since I got high, I'm not sure what it feels like anymore. If there was any chance of breaking a needle in my thigh, I think I'd have to pass, though. I suppose I'll just wallow in my self-imposed serenity.

Your vicariously-buzzed friend,

Scott

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on March 2, 2017
Sounds like a trip all right. Not all trips take us where we want to go, but at least we are on the road. Paradise will come later. Keep writing. It's the only way a writer's mind, especially a poet's, can survive. John


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