Altered States

Met the squint-eyed oracle Puttin' down the trowel To the new Delphi 'Cause his tongue got stuck On circumstance Claimed was struck Epileptic-ally divine On a highway back in Illinois And just grazed the viaduct If only a priestess with shorthand Would live in a camper in Mazatlan He'd write the link 'tween Jefferson's dream And Lincoln's Quite willin' to play first chair messiah To a new civilization Provided we're all in the audience Did a stand-up routine Two epics long Of daring do over Burma Time done in institutions Told of a dozen psychotics saved By what's called his "Radiated Presence" Each broken reflection's of self Wondered off wavin' It's time for lunch