{"id":1602,"date":"2015-09-16T15:32:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T23:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2015-09-16T15:32:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T23:32:54","slug":"dont-travel-with-a-stoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1602","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Travel With A Stoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Travel With A Stoner<\/p>\n<p>It was time to take a trip.<br \/>\nBut, first I had to get a fix.<br \/>\nNot loaded would be wrong.<br \/>\nI have to sing my song.<\/p>\n<p>Loaded and ready to roll.<br \/>\nHauling ass, though going slow.<br \/>\nPerception is a state of mind.<br \/>\nMy mind is doing overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Things fly by &amp; I space out.<br \/>\nWhat is all the fuss about?<br \/>\nKick back and enjoy the ride.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t you trust me with your hide?<\/p>\n<p>What is that I hear you yelling about?<br \/>\nWere still in the driveway? No doubt.<br \/>\nSometimes my mind is racing like hell.<br \/>\nYet, we are not moving very well.<\/p>\n<p>Not to worry. It will pass.<br \/>\nAll I need is to step on the gas.<br \/>\nThere we go. Now were flying.<br \/>\nWere going like hell. I wasn\u2019t lying.<\/p>\n<p>What? Were still in the driveway?<br \/>\nI don\u2019t understand it anyway.<br \/>\nI pushed the gas all the way down.<br \/>\nWait, I need to turn around.<\/p>\n<p>Oh no, I forgot to start the car.<br \/>\nLet\u2019s just go to the nearest bar.<br \/>\nI need a drink to steady my nerves.<br \/>\nI feel like my eyesight has curves.<\/p>\n<p>What? You\u2019ve decided not to go?<br \/>\nBut, you will miss the show!!<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t give a tinker\u2019s damn!<br \/>\nYou just want to get your feet on land.<\/p>\n<p>What is your problem? Can\u2019t hold a drink?<br \/>\nI can\u2019t understand how you think.<br \/>\nI am loaded? Well, what the heck?<br \/>\nIt\u2019s the best way to travel, I\u2019ll bet.<\/p>\n<p>I won\u2019t live to see tomorrow?<br \/>\nI am a vessel filled with sorrow?<br \/>\nWhat the heck are you talking about?<br \/>\nHave another drink. You\u2019ll chill out.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know what\u2019s bothering him?<br \/>\nWe didn\u2019t get out of the driveway then.<br \/>\nA couple drinks to calm the nerves.<br \/>\nThen I could negotiate those curves.<\/p>\n<p>He must have never been high before.<br \/>\nMaybe a \u2018bad\u2019 trip before he left the door.<br \/>\nThe boy can\u2019t see the fun for the fright.<br \/>\nI hope he don\u2019t end up in a fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2015)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Travel With A Stoner It was time to take a trip. But, first I had to get a fix. Not loaded would be wrong. I have to sing my song. Loaded and ready to roll. Hauling ass, though going slow. Perception is a state of mind. My mind is doing overtime. Things fly by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1602\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don&#8217;t Travel With A Stoner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16,24,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-free-bird-poetry","category-humor","category-life-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1603,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602\/revisions\/1603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}