Dead Celebrity Toke
(And boy, that ain't no joke!)
Once upon a sleeping pill,
Before the world awoke,
The 'me' of 'Silly Love Songs',
Decided on a toke.
I sat beside the fireplace,
Basking in the heat.
Bare-a-naked by the woodpile,
Flames licking at my feet.
I lit a big, fat doobie,
And puzzled on the point,
Of a former Beatles beauty,
Sitting naked with a joint.
But even dead and naked,
Relaxing with my pot,
I realized some spirits,
Still pissed me off a lot.
The trouble was that smoking up,
And the endless bags of weed,
Attracted stoners from the dead zone,
The kind I didn't need.
There was a drummer from an English band,
And a crooner they called Bing.
A blind piano player,
Who loved angels and could sing.
A comic they called Lenny.
A politician named Pierre.
Several long dead movie actors,
And some singers with big hair.
There was Johnny B, no longer 'Live',
And Marvin, who was shot.
Hunky Rock and Liberace,
Who sat alone a lot.
Judy Garland and Otis Redding.
Etta J, and Bobby Driscoll.
And that fat guy, Roger Ebert,
Who hung around with lean Gene Siskel.
It got to be too much one night,
So I tossed out Milton Berle,
Several former TV actors,
And a hippie they called Pearl.
With that, the ganja gang dispersed,
And left me all alone,
Naked, by the fireplace,
Just me and Brian Jones!
-copyright 2016, murphy
(And boy, that ain't no joke!)
Once upon a sleeping pill,
Before the world awoke,
The 'me' of 'Silly Love Songs',
Decided on a toke.
I sat beside the fireplace,
Basking in the heat.
Bare-a-naked by the woodpile,
Flames licking at my feet.
I lit a big, fat doobie,
And puzzled on the point,
Of a former Beatles beauty,
Sitting naked with a joint.
But even dead and naked,
Relaxing with my pot,
I realized some spirits,
Still pissed me off a lot.
The trouble was that smoking up,
And the endless bags of weed,
Attracted stoners from the dead zone,
The kind I didn't need.
There was a drummer from an English band,
And a crooner they called Bing.
A blind piano player,
Who loved angels and could sing.
A comic they called Lenny.
A politician named Pierre.
Several long dead movie actors,
And some singers with big hair.
There was Johnny B, no longer 'Live',
And Marvin, who was shot.
Hunky Rock and Liberace,
Who sat alone a lot.
Judy Garland and Otis Redding.
Etta J, and Bobby Driscoll.
And that fat guy, Roger Ebert,
Who hung around with lean Gene Siskel.
It got to be too much one night,
So I tossed out Milton Berle,
Several former TV actors,
And a hippie they called Pearl.
With that, the ganja gang dispersed,
And left me all alone,
Naked, by the fireplace,
Just me and Brian Jones!
-copyright 2016, murphy