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One Toke Over the Line

Sometimes an obituary
Adds some background fact
That brings laughter, not the way
You’d think a reader would react.

Tom Shipley’s obit clarified
That he was feeling fine,
Perhaps a bit too much, when we went
One toke past the line.

A friend gave him some weed to smoke
Backstage between two sets
And warned him more than just two hits
Might cause him some regrets.

He didn’t listen, spurring him
To state the way he felt,
Yet a song was born resulting from
The hand that he was dealt.

What cracked me up, though, was to learn
Some clean-cut duo sang
That song on Lawrence Welk’s show;
Unfamiliar with the slang

Of the drug world, Welk declared
“A modern spiritual” was heard
Because within the toke line, to
“Sweet Jesus” was referred.

I wonder now if Lawrence Welk,
So strait-laced way back then,
Ever learned what he endorsed
And why folks shouted out, “Amen!”

Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2025

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Date: 9/17/2025 7:03:00 PM

Brilliant Ilene so well written and funny! Made me smile from ear to ear! Loved it....Debx
Date: 9/17/2025 2:03:00 PM

You sure made me smile Ilene! hugs jan xx

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