Professor Owsley was it ?

Professor Owsley was it ?

she tied the ribbon around my neck

it was pretty

a bit too tight

for my liking

i was choking

and they were laughing

the road has been long

and i have been longing

for it to come to an end

but will it

i think at times it is

but an ever changing circle

a carousel spinning fast

faces passing me

dizzying me

where is the Wizard

is this Oz again ?

cause i see yellow bricks again

or maybe i am hallucinating

overcome with anticipating

an answer to my prayers

ssshhhhhhhhhh

is “HE” awake yet ?

well, go get the Son you fool

oops, ‘scuse me

i apologize for my . . .  whatever

i’m only human

can i go sit on the throne ?

he will never know will he ?

the flowers are swaying again

in the wind

offering their ”Poppy –esque” fragrance

a free pass to temporary escape-isms

where all schisms and isms are welcomed

i actually have more than 2 cents

with no sense of restraint

when it comes to giving it

living it

did Alice call

that hole sucking harlot

i mean Bitch

she makes my psyche itch

trying to figure it out

and her thing for rabbits

and other furry gremlins

hey,

didn’t we just past that burning bush ?

‘scuse me

while i do my Hendrix word play

oh say, can you crookedly see ?

cause we don’t see shit straight

all is askew

though you knew

that Disneyland

is for the living dead

so why don’t you

take a seat over there

in my head

the twilight zone

yes right there

while i tighten this ribbon

Professor Owsley was it ?

© 12 February 2012 : William S. Peters, Sr.

Owsley Stanley (born Augustus Owsley Stanley III, January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) also known as Bear, was an essential and transitional personality in the development of the San Francisco Bay counter-culture. His early activities spanned the Beat-era years of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters scenes, but he played an equally important role during the explosion of 1960's Psychedelia culture. As a brilliant and eclectic crafts-person, he became best known simply as 'Owsley'- the paradigmatic LSD "cook" (underground chemist) - a magician-like figure. Stanley's inventive spirit was not limited to chemistry, either. Under the professional name of "Bear", he was internationally celebrated, becoming an iconic figure (producer, engineer & artist) to psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead's international fan "family", and still honored among subsequent generations of jam band music fans.