pot is not

[gypsyjoker]

Homeboy back from Itlay
kind of a second honeymoon
He and diamond lil married fifty years this year
he looks good
she sounds happy
More than a sibling
a friend

it was a teen aged wedding
and the old folks said you never can tell

talk at you on Freitag

[jimboloco]

yowsa, amigo is viernes

finally broke th spell
i can't have it around

i am experiencing a whole range of emotions, mercy
my natural chemistry

it is good

hope to keep my wife now
she suffers when i am stoned
her pops was an alkie
i got to stay th course

thankz for piping in.

[jimboloco]

felt great at work
no grimace
no dropoped fuzzy lids
clear as a bell
can't sleep had a shandy an a benadryl

[gypsyjoker]

Bugs me I can't remember his name, a partner in crime at Zero Motor Freight back in the eighties. A cajun, french name that escapes me, bomber pilot world war two, B-25's I think.

He said a good pilot sleeps every chance he gets.

I think trucker's have a Ph.D. insleepology. Spend so much time on the edge. right there floating on the edge between the surface of the water and the deep. Hard to track my thoughts as I drift off to sleep.

A trick I learned from a partner in crime, I can't remember which one, so many Zero Heroes were veterans, I was the only civilian in the bunch. He used to tell me to "sleep fast"

You ever listen to any of those books on tapes? Sacred Clowns a novel by Tony Hillerman.
I used to use them as sleep aids, drift off to sleep listening to them.
Then for a while I would listen to the BBC World News overnight and wake up like an idiot savant of cricket scores.

Whatever it takes, the down side of pot for me is that it makes my dreams less vivid.


At least they can't bust you for benadryl.


Does Susie Q like elvis?
I know I do
the girls used to think I looked like him back in 1956
I was walking in tall cotton

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[Artguy]

Had a little medicinal puff last night...for my back

[jimboloco]

ya but ya got style, man
maybe it's cause i am closer to jamaica

subtropical blues

stopped by my step-son's abode an
got an o'bama ticket for the a m
we gonna have a convoy

he had this incredulous bud
from out west around portland
i says, "is this the stuff from canyada?"
he says "no it's local"
man it has a dark green sheen
and is very lifting, very elevating
just a little piece, maube 4 puffs,
and i am elevated, man

if ya have back problems ya might wanna check out
th taoist tai chi society club in toronto
this is high society, man
thanks for passing th toke

suzie q don't like pot. man
but i get it from her son
her-son-in-law also gets it mostly from the doctor also
her son is the doctor
he emulated hst,
shark hunting at the kentucky derby
knows th prelude to 'fear an loathing'
lives with an older woman, an entrepreneur,
living under th wire,
very successful lady,
concierge services,
he the jammer

suzie his mom
she likes matchbox 20
an dave matthews
but when her son finally gets a gig we can go

so i had off 3 days max from the smokes,
let's see, may 14 was last wednesday, today is tuesday,
i smoked monday,
so thhat was wed, thurs, fri, sat, sun
five days sans pot

zero hero
now is the hour
i'll say howdy to o'bama fer youse

got to get a new memory card
will rouse up early
have a toke
go to starbucks,
my demographic statistic,
then hit th phone store
an at 9 a m
we start th convoy
to th ice palace
to welcome o'bama to tampa
see say pwayday

rays 3 oakland 4
top of 9th
if kaz can pitch th 9th
we might win
closer is inconsistant

so we gotone on first
1 out
naw the lead runner out
2 outs
cc at bat
strike at th kneeszero two
pops out, man

bottom of 9th
comin up.

yah elvis peaked it was a good time
liked those small stage sing songs
real good times

have we peaked, man?
is marijuana my instant karma?

can feel my lungs on th edge of fear
breathe low
breathe deep
while you sleep peep deepde deep

[Arcadia]

enjoy your pot and Obama, friend!!!! why not?

[jimboloco]

well, arcadahliia, my dears,
i am stoned at present, yes it is true and, due to your suggestion, i may very well go out back and d0o yet another toke


my stepson now has a new neighbor
he met him in thhe alleyway
this kid is the classical hippie
wow, man, he is like maybe 23
long hair into a pony
beard
coveralls!

he had some home made hashish
actually compressed kief
from that fine powder
left over thru th screen
in th grinder

plus the mother weeed
that blue-green mercy with a fine crystal pollen on th top
zooom
i got a lil bit

get you higher than a kite

yup

my step-son is a cornucopia of pot

mercy

and yet
i got to take a break

so for now smoking this fine stuff'
with an upper affect
and less smoke
more toke

but yes
i need to take a break

if i were in argentina
i could just breathe th air

in texas stilltrucking can pick mushrooms in th cow pasture right across th railroad tracks, where th weed grows wild

[jimboloco]

well now,
i went to th gym yesterday
was stoned from the morning
on the treadmill 34 minutes (4 min cool down)
did 2 miles
the telling fact is that my heart was pumping sludge
so at a speed of 4.1 my heart rate was >140
above my max target heart rate of 138
so i slogged at 3.9 mph in my heart rate zone

and today after sleeping it off
i spent another 34 min on the treadmill annnd
at 4.1 my heart rate was 120-125
so i slogged at 4.7 mph a full point above the pot dragging day
with a cardiac rate of 133-35

and i feel better
after a couple of hunger pangs for pot it passed

plus i was more attentive to my wife,
played catch with my ten year-old step-grandson and then his 3 year old lil bro

and my step-son and step-son in law showed up after fishing
pleasant
but instead of filetyting th fish at home and spending family time,
they wanted to hang out and get drunk

but then step-son-in-law, after cutting up the fish, left a trail of scales and fish soaked sweat deposited inside the house, my step-daughte's,
and left the innards outside in the open,
crashed in th bed all fishy

and stepson dissappeared to his home
not aware that their intended post-fishing intentions were possibly inconsiderate

pot is supposed to be an enlightening substance
but i guess the flame depends upon the candle

pot is not
my intended lifestyle

it has been a year since i started journalling about this
only here somewhat recently as a creative complaint
to illustrate the seduction of it
and th pros and cons
and where i am in it
out of it

time for a change

i did learn to not be paranoid
feel absolutely solid
but it's the physical strain
the loss of motivation and the fatigue
and the lungs

so i will leave off for awhile
just in time
for whatever happens next

[gypsyjoker]

but i guess the flame depends upon the candle

Interesting thought.

Been a couple days
Leaves me sleepy all the time
after the high

My lungs about where I seem to want them
Swampy
nice cough going

Life against Death
Death against Life
A reason to believe
A reason to live

I miss my elephants
"But the radio has learned all of my favorite tunes" j prine

[jimboloco]

ah welllll
went to th ballgame
rays beat th orioles
boston lost
we're in first place
(must be a cold day in helll!)

wife left for a shopping
i went out back
and smoked the pipe
yes and shaggled some fine kief from the grinder
and yeah th pipe smokes as well
from shake and oils
resins

so am stoned again

but dreamland ain't so bad
lungs are anothher matter

not playing chess with th devil
more like a prayer to my higher power
pow wow willie

think i'll change my middle name to beauregard

i understand really
elephants can be especially endearing

[jimboloco]

now is the unfolding moment
am taking vows to heal my lungs
and be responsible for my wife

i really don't need it anymore
at least for another try

pot is not my intended lifestyle

mebbe later

a time for penitence
peace, love, happiness.

[jimboloco]

smoked the pipe with more scatterred kief shake
called the doctor
but skipped the b-day buzz
did physical work today
mowed step-daughter's lawn
summer's here!

[Arcadia]

if i were in argentina
i could just breathe th air

well... today there were burnt neumáticos again in the air near home! no choice really... I´ll tell you about the effects later...

enjoy the non-pot summer!!!!!!!

[jimboloco]

i think a pot free summer would be nice,
but it may not be in the cards, \have to get out the tarot,
or the i ching,
flip a coin.
pray for penitence.

pneu·ma·tic·i·ty
pneumatic city

ciudad neumáticos