"100 PAPER ELEPHANTS" Written by Cecil Smead

100 PAPER ELEPHANTS -- c. smead

A certain memory I have from about 15 years ago.
So It must have been around '97 or so.
A few friends and I decided to trip on some acid.
... After a couple of hours at the apartment we decided
To take a drive out to some ancient river in southern New Mexico.
Just a few miles away.
The soundtrack to this crazy escapade
Was Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
We had the songs blaring and just "understood it so well".

We walked around the riverbank.
Tossing rocks into the water...
Changing their existence forever.
The sun blazed and the clouds couldn't care less
As clouds are known to do.
(you ever notice that?)
The air was so dry.
This was summer.

We each passing hour we sank further into this crazy dream.
I don't remember a LOT of details, but one thing I do remember
Is getting separated from the group.
A couple of hours later they found me.
Sitting with my back to a tree trunk
Next to a dead deer.
Talking to it about the Beatles

Written by Cecil Smead
Posted on 03-07-13