Monday, May 19, 2008

gettin easier all the time

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!

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

3 yrs of back-in-bombay?

--shashi

Brown Weed said...

hehe.. yes yes yes
:-)

alien said...

i waited for it oh! such a long week, i left on sunday only but for sure will get in touch next time i am there and hope you had good times with southern winds...this post has too much to say but i am too weak to read between the lines...
cheers!!!!

meraj said...

nice and high...

beautiful writing!

@m@r said...

Buuu..uuuut :P, it helps to live in the comfort that you have something to fall 'back' to, just in case :D

Kits said...

Getting high can be done with any means u choose to use. Distorted realities are good - they cloak what really lies beneath :) Hug frm me

Brown Weed said...

:-) haan, u put everything i had to say in two simple sentences!

Anonymous said...

fuzz bhai whaz up?

kis khushi mein?

-kuldip

soulasylum said...

"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!" Wow:) I think I just got high:D

Brown Weed said...

moi's finally learning stuff you all knew all along, na?

Anonymous said...

...finally learning stuff you all knew all along, na? ...
Yeah, right. Seems you took life too seriously. Nice to know you are learning to lighten up.

Anonymous said...

are u giving up being mr bojangles? is this the start of something new? it is, it is... bon voyage.

Pooja Nair said...

Its wonderful to see you high! :)

i love that the "...can be replaced by..." lines

beautiful!

meraj said...

time for a new post, mr bojangles!