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The Lizard King

Last night I shared a bottle of whiskey with Jim Morrison

he brought acid to the table

we may have been surrounded by indians

his soul jumped into mine

I had a vision of an ancient burial ground

I saw chaeos

He showed me a planet

"They have yet to find this" he said

He called it "Intemperance"

"We bring no wealth here" He said

"Wealth is good for one thing only. Dissipation."

He introduced me to a world of impurity

Events of debauchery

Women sacrificing their chastity

We danced around

with creatures

half human

half inhuman

I witnessed his death

I couldn't watch

He gave me a watch

it had a snakeskin strap

He said "It will give you any time you wish"

another room

faces

the faces stared

They said "Nothing is what it seems. The bus is waiting."

My watch said it wasn't time

The bus crashed into me

He said "It is impossible to live in a world in which I cannot breathe"

I told him he was alive

Another room

naked women

sexually entertained

they saw to my every wim

they saw to his every wim

We stopped at the morrison hotel

its walls adorned with the painting he could not get out of his mind

Napolian in exile

A serpent at the desk

Told me he was my eternal friend

I had a vision of a vast dessert

Ruled by a lizard who would be king

gentle screams of passion

souls over indulging in vices

A staircase

made of a a material not known to man

Guards at the top

dancing around on payote

a poem by William Blake

The door has been opened

The end

 

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Comments

<Deleted User> (4281)

Thu 10th Jul 2008 06:11

Hello, Richard

The poem is really nice. It actually shows what life would be to live in here for you. You brought all the visual pictures of an ‘Indian Burial Ground’ in your poem. Excellent imagination!!

Pleasure to read; thank you!

PS: Thank you for your concern, I am fine just had a writers block...Sorry.

Warm Regards,
Zuzanna

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Jeff Dawson

Wed 9th Jul 2008 00:46

Vivid thoughts here Richard, brilliant, like the Doors and Jim would have been proud of this and finishing with a song, cheers Jeff - The End - ps can I come with you next time!

<Deleted User> (5646)

Tue 8th Jul 2008 23:07

You have somehow captured a dreamlike quality in hallucinatory inner vision, if you know what i mean?
I know something of the kinds of things written in your poem and it is very powerful.
Well written and very well done.
Love Janet.x

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