Mr Bojangles told me he never did like the taste of alcohol. May be so. Personally, I think he is still partial to the sweeter Reds and Rosés but right then, I let it pass. He talked of heightened senses in a distorted reality. The fix-a-day.. of the means, that they change - and how they changed! I heard him out patiently, wondering, where it was all going.
Finally, he asked, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if a drunk could start from where he left off the night before? Do you think it could even be possible?"
And I understood him at once! All his transgressions into marathons, serious music and reading. Of newly heightened senses in a newly distorted reality.
It has been three years since. And the means have changed further still. A Dostoevsky can be replaced with a conversation, a Bach with a gentle smile. Yes, it takes time, and yes, it takes practice. But getting high has never been easier!
Good Intentions
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