Away On a Strange Trip

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Seventeen years old and stupid, the one and only time I ever experienced taking LSD. It was at a "Grateful Dead" concert in Englishtown, NJ. in 1977. A concert that went down as the most legendary concert of all time. 107,000 people in this out-door concert was and to this day New Jersey's biggest concert ever. Several bands played that day- Marshall Tucker and The New Riders Of The Purple Sage were among them. Shortly after Marshall Tucker played a women was helicoptered out as she went into labor. She gave birth in flight to a boy and named him "Jerry" after the legendary "Jerry Garcia" 200,000 cans of soda and 15,000 pounds of hot-dogs were sold there. People tore down the wooden fences to get in and trampled over one another. Till this day, I still don't remember how the hell I got home. (lol)

Away on a strange trip 
No, I couldn't see
Away on a strange trip  
High on L.S.D. 

A true "Grateful Dead" head 
I always will be 
When I lay in my bed 
Oh, the colours I see 

"What a strange trip it's been" 
The "Grateful Dead" sang 
Jerry Garcia- seen  
Went out with a bang 

They all tripped on acid 
How did they all play 
I saw them "Lake Placid" 
Way back in the day 

I went with my brother 
First concert- ever 
I didn't tell mother 
Let me go- never

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Kim Merryman

Date: 7/31/2023 8:11:00 PM

Glad you survived, Charles! Congrats on your top win! Blessings, Kim M

Charles Messina
Date: 8/4/2023 3:11:00 AM

Thank you so much, Kim!

Terry Flood

Date: 7/31/2023 3:31:00 PM

I always found it amusing that in UK old money, pounds, shillings and pence were annotated as L.S.D. I know that made no sense but hey, we weren’t shouting ‘quack quack’ flapping our arms and leaping off tall buildings. Glad you survived that ‘experiment’ Charlie. Congrats on your win. Terry

Charles Messina
Date: 8/4/2023 3:10:00 AM

Hi Terry, thanks for the history of the UK. Funny, the first time I ever heard about LSD was from the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" love the humor! Thanks also for the congrats! Charlie

Jan Allison

Date: 7/31/2023 8:19:00 AM

I wondered who had written this one Charlie! thanks for sharing your memories I'm glad you survived to tell the tale! Many congrats on your top placement and thanks for taking time to enter the contest:-) hugs Jan xx

Charles Messina
Date: 8/4/2023 3:12:00 AM

Who else would be crazy enough to post something like this on PS (lol) Thank you so much for my high placement in your contest, Jan. I enjoyed writing this :) Hugs//Charlie xx

I Am Anaya

Date: 7/22/2023 4:55:00 PM

They've been Medi-vac-ed and so much more! After dancing and smoking dubbies to "Sugar Magnolia" Love their music, Charlie b0l in the contest!

Charles Messina
Date: 7/23/2023 5:17:00 AM

Call me if you want to wake-n-bake (lol) Thanks Anaya. Love their music too!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 7/16/2023 10:27:00 AM

- I guess you saw pink elephants fly ... and the music took you to heaven, Charlie :))) - But you made it home to mom...somehow :) - Great poem :) - hugs