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Under The Influence
i was so damn young
just out of high school
still a teen
conditioned as we all are
by our era
and surroundings
for a future musical career
a typically modest beginning
a gig playing bass
at a resort in the mountains
my few months there
provided a lifetime of stories
but this one is far and away
the most harrowing
i`m wired with
multi-cultural curiosity
i`m drawn to
what is new and alien to me
i`m Jewish,
my 1st love from the Phillipines
schooled in Jazz
yet drawn to Jamaican Reggae
when the Hotel`s Spanish chef
invited me to a party
to hear hot native music,
eat authentic rice and beans
i didnt think twice,
had no reason to hesitate
it was me, the cook
a half dozen other guys
drinkin cold Corona
in sweltering late July
we smoked some weed
back then I still got high
we laughed through the language barrier
havin the time of our lives
some dude said "Yo` ese`, its hot, take off your shirt..."
I was like "hahaha..no man, I`m alright...."
another added "you liftin weights muchacho?
Your build looks real nice...."
"ummmmm, thanks, usin` the gym all day
is a perk from workin at night..."
all of a sudden
my stomach got real sick inside
I believe that moment
was a crossroads in my life......
"muchos gracias amigos,
I bid you good night......."
I was out the door amid
protests of my flight,
bolted into my room,
shut the door, locked it tight,
but that wasnt the end
of my close-encounter fright
paper thin walls bled grunts and moans
of rough sex all night
too much to bear for this inexperienced,
provincial, hetero-sexual neo-phyte
I laid in bed for hours
in a fetal position
blasted my headphones
to drown screams of bondage and submission
yet the wattage of my walk-man
proved tragically insufficient
I was forced to witness cries
from their orgasmic emissions
I was`nt born for that lifestyle,
narrowly escaped being sucked in
not by choice,
butt under-the-influence
just out of high school
still a teen
conditioned as we all are
by our era
and surroundings
for a future musical career
a typically modest beginning
a gig playing bass
at a resort in the mountains
my few months there
provided a lifetime of stories
but this one is far and away
the most harrowing
i`m wired with
multi-cultural curiosity
i`m drawn to
what is new and alien to me
i`m Jewish,
my 1st love from the Phillipines
schooled in Jazz
yet drawn to Jamaican Reggae
when the Hotel`s Spanish chef
invited me to a party
to hear hot native music,
eat authentic rice and beans
i didnt think twice,
had no reason to hesitate
it was me, the cook
a half dozen other guys
drinkin cold Corona
in sweltering late July
we smoked some weed
back then I still got high
we laughed through the language barrier
havin the time of our lives
some dude said "Yo` ese`, its hot, take off your shirt..."
I was like "hahaha..no man, I`m alright...."
another added "you liftin weights muchacho?
Your build looks real nice...."
"ummmmm, thanks, usin` the gym all day
is a perk from workin at night..."
all of a sudden
my stomach got real sick inside
I believe that moment
was a crossroads in my life......
"muchos gracias amigos,
I bid you good night......."
I was out the door amid
protests of my flight,
bolted into my room,
shut the door, locked it tight,
but that wasnt the end
of my close-encounter fright
paper thin walls bled grunts and moans
of rough sex all night
too much to bear for this inexperienced,
provincial, hetero-sexual neo-phyte
I laid in bed for hours
in a fetal position
blasted my headphones
to drown screams of bondage and submission
yet the wattage of my walk-man
proved tragically insufficient
I was forced to witness cries
from their orgasmic emissions
I was`nt born for that lifestyle,
narrowly escaped being sucked in
not by choice,
butt under-the-influence
Published 15th Feb 2013
| Edited 16th Feb 2013
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15th Feb 2013 10:08pm
yes --- a true story I can joke about now ---
though --- not so funny at the time!!!
though --- not so funny at the time!!!
16th Feb 2013 00:33am
Life's highways and choices to meander on side paths can determine your future...
16th Feb 2013 5:21am
17th Feb 2013 1:03am
16th Feb 2013 2:09am
LMAO! Am I the only one finding humor in this ink??! Ive chuckled out loud several times reading this!:)
"Fetal position?" Poor baby! lol..
VERY ENTERTAINING INK!!
p.s... Im not really laughing at your painful memories......
^^^^^ Ok, I just lied!.....but blame it on the alcohol in which Im currently *under the influence* of.. ;)
"Fetal position?" Poor baby! lol..
VERY ENTERTAINING INK!!
p.s... Im not really laughing at your painful memories......
^^^^^ Ok, I just lied!.....but blame it on the alcohol in which Im currently *under the influence* of.. ;)
In Woody Allen`s "Crimes and Misdemeanors",
Alan Alda is great as a pompous director.
One of his lines is:
"Tragedy plus Time equals Comedy"....
well pompous character or not, this statement is
one-hundred-percent true.
Stuff that we absolutely suffer through becomes
fodder for some great laughs ---
Did you catch the stupid puns in my poem`s last
stanza? (spelling mistake intential!!) LMAO!
Alan Alda is great as a pompous director.
One of his lines is:
"Tragedy plus Time equals Comedy"....
well pompous character or not, this statement is
one-hundred-percent true.
Stuff that we absolutely suffer through becomes
fodder for some great laughs ---
Did you catch the stupid puns in my poem`s last
stanza? (spelling mistake intential!!) LMAO!
16th Feb 2013 2:46am
