POETAN PAGE.

PSYCHEDELIRIUM TREMEN ARCHIVES

 

REMEMBER WHEN HIPPIE MEANT BIG IN T S,
AND A TRIP INVOLVED TRAVEL IN CARS. PLANES, AND SHIPS?

WHEN POT WAS A VESSEL FOR COOKING THINGS IN,
AND HOOKED WAS WHAT GRANDMOTHER'S RUG MIGHT HAVE BEEN?

WHEN FIX WAS A VERB THAT MEANT MEND OR REPAIR,
AND BE-IN MEANT SIMPLY, EXISTING SOMEWHERE ?

WHEN NEAT MEANT WELL ORGANIZED, TIDY AND CLEAN,
AND GRASS WAS A GROUND COVER, NORMALLY GREEN?

WHEN LIGHTS AND NOT PEOPLE WERE SWITCHED ON AND OFF,
AND THE PILL MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHAT YOU TOOK FOR A COUGH?

WHEN CAMP MEANT TO QUARTER. OUTDQORS IN A TENT,
AND POP WAS WHAT THE WEASEL WENT:

WHEN GROOVY MEANT FURROWED, WITH CHANNELS AND HOLLOWS,
AND BIRDS WERE WINGED CREATURES, LIKE ROBINS AND SWALLOWS?

WHEN FUZZ WAS SUBSTANCE, THAT'S FLUFFY LIKE LiNT,
AND BREAD CAME FROM BAKERIES, NOT FROM THE MINT?

WHEN SQUARE MEANT A 9O-DEGREE ANGLED FORM,
AND COOL WAS A TEMPERATURE, NOT QUITE WARM?

WHEN ROLL MEANT A BUN. AND ROCK WAS A STONE,
AND HANG-UP WAS SOMETHING YOU DID TO A PHONE?

WHEN CHICKEN MEANT POULTRY. AND BAG MEANT f SACK,
WHEN JUNK TRASHY CASTOFFS, AND OLD BRICK-A-BRAC?

WHEN JAM WAS PRESERVES. THAT YOU SPREAD ON YOUR EREAD,.
AND CRAZY MEANT BALMY. NOT RIGHT IN THE HEAD:

WHEN CAT WAS A FELINE, A KITTEN GROWN UP,
AND TEA WAS A LIQUID YOU DRANK FROM A CUP?

WHEN SWINGER WAS SOMEONE WHO SWUNG IN A SWING,
AND PAD WAS A SOFT SORT OF CUSHIONY THING?

WHEN WAY-OUT MEANT DISTANT. FAR« FAR AWAY,
AND MAN COULDN'T SUE YOU FOR CALLING HIM GAY?

WHEN DIG MEANT TO SHOVEL, AND SPADE IN THE DIRT.
AND PUT-ON WAS WHAT YOU DID WITH A SHIRT:

WHEN TOUGH DESCRIBED MEAT. TOO UNYIELDING TO CHEW,
AND MAKING A SCENE WAS A RUDE THING TO DO?

WORDS SO SENSIBLE, SOBER AND SERIOUS,
ARE MAKING THE FREAK SCENE, LIKE PSYCHEDELIRIOUS,

ITS GROOVY, MAN GROOVY, BUT ENGLISH IT’S NOT,
METHINKS THAT THE LANGUAGE HAS GONE STRAIGHT TO POT,