BACK IN THE DAY
Thick mucous film
Lingers gently on my taste buds
Creamy clam chowder
Memory trigger
Instant reflection
In a brilliant flash
My mind reels in time
1978
Distress was obsolete
Dominant high priority
Cash to buy the beer
Carefree days
Drunken nights
Exotic lewd encounters
Girls weren’t gross after all
Driving way too fast
Music filled my soul
Loud as I could stand it
Bad Company
Kansas
Johnny Winter
Grand Funk Railroad
Frisbee underneath my car seat
Grass wasn’t green
And smelled of burning hay
Best friends with Captain Zigzag
Stems and seeds sucked
Chasing the red dragon
Then praying not to catch him
Fist fights
Macho stupidity
Warp speed existence
Amazed that I survived
Life
Back in the day
© Bill Grimes Jr. 2005
