466, Laurel Canyon, David McGowan

FULL ON SMART SURREAL

Don’t have to look far
to find my demon

suddenly across the canyon
strange lyrics and novel tunes

out of nowhere
without warning
springing up out
of the ground
shooting stars and
wonder icons

something in the air
crazy chemistry at work

but
what we thought
a revolution was nothing
but a script, a
screenplay, an orchestrated
operation

set up
to be demolished, vaporize
before our eyes

and we too Siren songed too
fractured to the core
to march
to that huge house
rearrange more
than just
the furniture

so much about this
so ultra psyops
psychedelic

so Helter Skelter all fall
down and all die young
you
did
against the odds
you cool mushrooms

my heroes
now so of
a sudden
miles down river

a whole generation, my
generation
played,
duped
taken in

so
beautiful
a conspiracy

none ever so
full on smart surreal

my demon
in agreement