BACK IN THE DAY

Thick mucous film

Lingers gently on my taste buds

Creamy clam chowder

Memory trigger

Instant reflection

In a brilliant flash

My mind reels in time

1978

Distress was obsolete

Dominant high priority

Cash to buy the beer

Carefree days

Drunken nights

Exotic lewd encounters

Girls weren’t gross after all

Driving way too fast

Music filled my soul

Loud as I could stand it

Bad Company

Kansas

Johnny Winter

Grand Funk Railroad

Frisbee underneath my car seat

Grass wasn’t green

And smelled of burning hay

Best friends with Captain Zigzag

Stems and seeds sucked

Chasing the red dragon

Then praying not to catch him

Fist fights

Macho stupidity

Warp speed existence

Amazed that I survived

Life

Back in the day

© Bill Grimes Jr. 2005