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When Jimi Played

It seems like only yesterday
when left hand chords played
an euphonic melody
 
a melody  . .
 
of the way things used to be
of
flights of fancy
on
flower ships
and acid trips
illusions of  innocence
 
And the best we could have been
didn’t seem to matter
all that much
and the beauty in all that
 
was . .
 
it just was !
 
Joplin sang
and no one since
has mastered the mystery of Zeppelin
 
Floyds were pink
and punk was in
and
we  were made
to dream
dreams
by any means
of
black magic women
and gypsy queens
and Star spangled banners
dancing in a purple haze
on a stairway to heaven
 
and it felt good
 
standing on the darkside of the moon
removing yet another brick in the wall
of our own self destruction
 
Fools rushed in where angels feared
and Jimmi played
what no one dared
 
Jack flash jumped . .
 
to a P-funk funk
aboard the mother ship
Black Sabbath played
like Jimmi prayed
on a mushroom trip
half wild
half voodoo child
It was eyesight to the blind
 
Visions of a promised land
on top of mountain tops
 
tears of rage
and long black veils swayed
to strains and sweet refrains
 
as electric arias . .
 
permeated the air
the messiah came
and again
we crucified him
 
I often wonder
 
If . . .
 
still we hear
Izabella call
her Spanish Castle Magic
as now we sail
this sea of madness
aboard these wooden ships
 
What a magical mystery tour it was  . . !
 
Liverpool Lads
fleeting Fads
strawberry fields
gypsy suns and rainbows
 
incense and peppermint
 
crystal spiders
blue eyed soul
psychedelic funk
Rock and roll
 
Bad moon rising
over Kosmic blues
dark star shining
put a spell on you
 
Then . .
 
someone said
 
Lets get stoned . . !
  
    

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