To understand the below poem, which was written to a prompt from okcfogottenman (who wanted me to address the subject of the broken tree limb) you need first to read my Woodstock Poem
Woodstock Redux Redux : The Watchers
Jimi and Janice sitting in a tree.
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
Janice got so carried away
that the limb began to sway.
And though spirits don’t weigh much,
not so the limb that they both they clutch.
So as they vanished into vapors,
I felt the aftermath of their capers.
When the branch came crashing down,
It barely missed my fragile crown.
Lucky these greats of rock and roll
Didn’t have me as their goal.
If I’d been better at voice or guit,
that tree limb might have scored a hit,
and I’d be playing at the pearly gate
with other greats who’ve met their fate.
With tie-die halos above our hair,
We’d stage a heavenly Woodstock there!
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u have to tell me in more detail the limb falling incident — i must have been dancing, trying to win the “rigged” costume contest or somethin’ else…cavorting around with the Santo Coyote hombres perhaps
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Well, it was sobering—especially in retrospect, and I have been doing a lot of thinking about where I am, what I’m doing and what else I want to do with this life before it is over.
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