Fact is sometimes
stranger than fiction.
A case in point
is a recent Dead show
in Washington DC
I was partying up
in the legendary RFK parking lot
getting primed for the show.
I was talking to
a college girl
about the scene
and explaining how
it’s mainly just in fun
only a few of us
ever actually take it too far.
No sooner do I finish
my soliloquy
than a guy goes running by
screaming at the top of his lungs:
“THERE IS A GOD ABOVE!!!
THERE IS A GOD ABOVE!!!”
and dives into the murky waters
of the Anacostia River.
and I’m standing there stunned
thinking, “Open mouth, Insert foot.”
at this amazing spectacle.
Now, I’ve drank excessively,
done all kinds of substances
both licit and illicit.
I’ve been fucked up drunk,
stoned, obnoxious, dosed,
zoned, dusted, zonked,
blasted, plastered, under the weather,
high, wasted, toasted, roasted, wired,
tripped up, smoked up;
I’ve puked, passed out,
gotten sick, made others sick,
misbehaved, acted like an ass. . .
But in all the madness & chaos
it never once occurred to me
to look for God at the bottom
of the Anacostia River.
6-7-95
Ha!
Kinda made me chuckle.
The Dead saved my life.
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