Posted in Nepean High School, Riverside Rd, tagged Dr John, hallucinogenics, party on December 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Lights low, volume up
Sound clear, crisp, almost visible.
Voodoo rhythms, erotic, haunting
Soulful croaking vocals,
Voices echoing from beyond …
Language unknown … somehow understood.
Gris gris, gumbo ya-ya.
The only tense is the present.
Let it roll, let go control.
Night – very cool
In the house with the purple pool.
Posted in 138 Station St, Nepean High School, tagged golf, Leonay, Nepean River, party, senior sport, squash, ten pin bowling, truant on October 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
School Squash! I diligently attended sport.
Senior sport, multiple options
Team sports, standard seasonal mix.
Then …
Off-site individual selections,
Allowing latitude.
Squash & Ten Pin Bowling
Venues near home (or friends)
Offer easy early escapes.
Golf at Leonay,
A few holes, then down to the river.
Sport, well attended, easily escaped for
More imaginative, more indulgent, alternatives.
Posted in 138 Station St, Nepean High School, tagged acid, adventure, Clear Light, party, trip on October 18, 2012| 2 Comments »
It’s different!
Everything changed &
Changing continually.
Walk becomes journey, adventure.
This band of adventurers
Battles through
Time stretching, streets melting,
Flowers, plants, trees
Lifecycles exposed
In time-lapsed photographic sequences.
…
We’ve entered strange worlds.
Then!
We all see it.
Joy!
…
…
A NORMAL TREE!
Return journey completed.
Extra:
Posted in 138 Station St, Nepean High School, tagged counter-culture, megan roberts, party on October 15, 2012| 4 Comments »
Hundreds of people
Many I know or
Know of …
A cool gathering.
Coolest of the year, … perhaps coolest ever!!
Region’s counter-culture population
Converge into the Roberts’ home*
On the GW Highway at Blaxland.
Despite the love,
Or because of it,
Tensions rise
An eruption feels imminent.
Stay alert, anything could happen.
Note:
* The home of Megan Roberts, a year ahead of me and a respected character around whom many cool people gravitated.
Posted in 138 Station St, Nepean High School, tagged alcohol, intimidation, party, shyness, teenage attraction on September 5, 2012| 1 Comment »
Party invitation arrives
With the hint of …
Potential attraction?
She is,
Handsome, composed, contained.
Smile is subtle not broad but it lights sparkling eyes.
A slight sense of the mischievous.
Her composure intimidates,
I arrive at the party
Hiding behind whisky.
Dulling my own shyness & uncertainty
Hoping to break hers.
Note & Extra:
* As with my very first real entry into the boyfriend/girlfriend social whirl, I don’t feel it necessary to reveal the identity of the person who issued the invitation to me.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthday, Paddington, party on July 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Celebration day
Others think of me.
Causing conflicting desires –
Hide in the shadows
But stand in the spotlight.
I can’t remember details
Of a single birthday …
Except one,
Made (in)famous
By unquantifiable consumption of …
No matter.
A huge event
At 46 Boundary St Paddington.
I should not remember but I do – clearly.
Posted in 138 Station St, Nepean High School, tagged directors, party, Penrith Swimming Pool, revelries, swim on July 10, 2012| 1 Comment »
Our home the venue for Panthers Directors party.
The antics of these old folk amuse us.
Poker Ausburn crooner, raconteur,
Microphone monopolist
Sings, tells jokes, stories.
4:00am finale.
A SWIM!
Those still partying
Climb the fence & dive in.
Penrith Municipal Pool
Broken and entered by
Local “dignitaries”.
The affluence of incohol!!
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