Get Stoned, Vote Correctly, Love Everyone
A thought by Charlie d'Estries
By Charlie d’Estries
My friend,
How are you?
Are you stoned?
Are you smiling
Or frowning?
Are you skipping
As you walk,
Smiling as you talk?
Maybe whistling
While you wonder or…
Are your shoulders
Slumping Slowly?
Are you tired these days?
Or maybe it’s extreme
And you just feel like
Peeing on someone's lawn?
It is interesting, life is.
So I have a solution.
It’s radical and will
Generate controversy.
Here we go.
And don’t reject it right away.
Open your mind and
Pour in the info.
Ask yourself if anything
Else has worked.
It hasn't.
Are you ready?
I think the world,
The entire planet,
Should just get stoned.
I mean the whole big
Round thing.
That’s right.
Everyone passing the
Bong so to speak.
I mean really
Passing the bong.
Like, ‘here you go,
Pass this bong please.’
Can I be any clearer?
Right, I think you have it.
Everyone getting stoned.
And because it’s global,
It’s a really, really big bong.
I haven’t thought through
How to make
Such a large
Smoking device,
Since it has to
Sustain billions of people.
Maybe we can
Make 4 of them.
I don’t know.
Of course this would be
For adults only,
Since children are
Naturally stoned.
Really.
When you think about it
It’s true.
Pretty cool though,
Isn’t it?
I digress.
So, just for a moment,
Imagine what might happen.
Blacks get along with whites.
Religious walk with atheists.
Jews and Arabs meet halfway.
China and Tibet throw a party.
Righties and Lefties respect each other.
Muslim and Jew laugh together
And I mean really laugh,
Like when your stomach
Hurts kind of laughing.
Because when you’re stoned
Everything is kind of funny.
So nothing is taken
Too seriously… except for
Our health and happiness.
People respect people.
Finally.
Also, when one is stoned,
One has immediate in-depth
Knowledge as to who the
Dickheads of the world are.
So we would
never vote them
Into office again.
Being stoned has
Lots of advantages.
And disadvantages.
Sadly, because we have to
Smoke the stuff,
More people will
Develop asthma
And other illnesses…
However, because
We’re stoned,
We are very
Compassionate.
Everyone would focus on
Helping those afflicted.
Entire societies
Would fight to
Race for the cure.
Instead of
Giant national budgets
To buy huge fucking
Piles of weapons to
Blow each other up,
Nations of the future
Will have giant
National budgets
Devoted to fixing things.
Like people.
Imagine the world economy
That would
Develop if that happened?
No wars.
No nucs.
No deep earth bunker busting
Really big bombs.
No AK-47s in
Movie theaters.
No snipers
And gun nuts
And NRA
Just medicine for everyone.
No more cancer.
Diabetes.
Obesity
(ok, the munchies are a problem, so we’ll look into that).
No more heart attacks,
Multiple sclerosis,
Parkinson’s.
No more starvation.
Genocide
(it’s hard to be mad when you’re stoned).
Everyone has a roof
Over their heads.
No one is cold.
And no one is hungry.
It is a pathetic thought,
Is it not, to think with
All the food thrown out
Everyday
Around the world
So many billions
Are starving every day?
We’re almost done.
This is the big finish.
You ready?
And love.
You know
What kind of love
I’m talking about.
True love.
Unconditional,
Face-licking,
I-am-so-glad-to-see-you
Kind of love.
It would be everywhere.
Like clouds.
And rain.
And ants.
Maybe not ants.
Stoned people
Help those
Who need help.
Some will lead the
Charge on teaching,
Nurturing,
Mentoring,
Encouraging,
Hugging
And loving.
Others will follow
And help too.
If nothing else works,
Consider this idea.
Randomly rotate
Seat assignments in
High school cafeterias to
Promote friendship and
Bliss by breaking bread
Together.
There are
Many options
To this plan.
It is the
Secret weapon of
Stoniocracy.
Of course there would
Also be laws.
Like you
Have to be friendly or
You’d be fined.
You can’t be
Mean to anyone,
Especially those
Less fortunate
Than yourself.
That would carry the
Maximum penalty of
Caring for the
Hooch fields that is the
Root to all this bliss.
It would be really cool.
So, that’s all I have to
Say on this subject.
What do you think?
Get Stoned,
Vote Correctly,
Love Everyone.
And stop being an asshole.
And if you don’t agree, get stoned.
Or go to a cafeteria and
Sit in a chair you've never sat in.
The End.
A thought by Charlie d'Estries
By Charlie d’Estries
My friend,
How are you?
Are you stoned?
Are you smiling
Or frowning?
Are you skipping
As you walk,
Smiling as you talk?
Maybe whistling
While you wonder or…
Are your shoulders
Slumping Slowly?
Are you tired these days?
Or maybe it’s extreme
And you just feel like
Peeing on someone's lawn?
It is interesting, life is.
So I have a solution.
It’s radical and will
Generate controversy.
Here we go.
And don’t reject it right away.
Open your mind and
Pour in the info.
Ask yourself if anything
Else has worked.
It hasn't.
Are you ready?
I think the world,
The entire planet,
Should just get stoned.
I mean the whole big
Round thing.
That’s right.
Everyone passing the
Bong so to speak.
I mean really
Passing the bong.
Like, ‘here you go,
Pass this bong please.’
Can I be any clearer?
Right, I think you have it.
Everyone getting stoned.
And because it’s global,
It’s a really, really big bong.
I haven’t thought through
How to make
Such a large
Smoking device,
Since it has to
Sustain billions of people.
Maybe we can
Make 4 of them.
I don’t know.
Of course this would be
For adults only,
Since children are
Naturally stoned.
Really.
When you think about it
It’s true.
Pretty cool though,
Isn’t it?
I digress.
So, just for a moment,
Imagine what might happen.
Blacks get along with whites.
Religious walk with atheists.
Jews and Arabs meet halfway.
China and Tibet throw a party.
Righties and Lefties respect each other.
Muslim and Jew laugh together
And I mean really laugh,
Like when your stomach
Hurts kind of laughing.
Because when you’re stoned
Everything is kind of funny.
So nothing is taken
Too seriously… except for
Our health and happiness.
People respect people.
Finally.
Also, when one is stoned,
One has immediate in-depth
Knowledge as to who the
Dickheads of the world are.
So we would
never vote them
Into office again.
Being stoned has
Lots of advantages.
And disadvantages.
Sadly, because we have to
Smoke the stuff,
More people will
Develop asthma
And other illnesses…
However, because
We’re stoned,
We are very
Compassionate.
Everyone would focus on
Helping those afflicted.
Entire societies
Would fight to
Race for the cure.
Instead of
Giant national budgets
To buy huge fucking
Piles of weapons to
Blow each other up,
Nations of the future
Will have giant
National budgets
Devoted to fixing things.
Like people.
Imagine the world economy
That would
Develop if that happened?
No wars.
No nucs.
No deep earth bunker busting
Really big bombs.
No AK-47s in
Movie theaters.
No snipers
And gun nuts
And NRA
Just medicine for everyone.
No more cancer.
Diabetes.
Obesity
(ok, the munchies are a problem, so we’ll look into that).
No more heart attacks,
Multiple sclerosis,
Parkinson’s.
No more starvation.
Genocide
(it’s hard to be mad when you’re stoned).
Everyone has a roof
Over their heads.
No one is cold.
And no one is hungry.
It is a pathetic thought,
Is it not, to think with
All the food thrown out
Everyday
Around the world
So many billions
Are starving every day?
We’re almost done.
This is the big finish.
You ready?
And love.
You know
What kind of love
I’m talking about.
True love.
Unconditional,
Face-licking,
I-am-so-glad-to-see-you
Kind of love.
It would be everywhere.
Like clouds.
And rain.
And ants.
Maybe not ants.
Stoned people
Help those
Who need help.
Some will lead the
Charge on teaching,
Nurturing,
Mentoring,
Encouraging,
Hugging
And loving.
Others will follow
And help too.
If nothing else works,
Consider this idea.
Randomly rotate
Seat assignments in
High school cafeterias to
Promote friendship and
Bliss by breaking bread
Together.
There are
Many options
To this plan.
It is the
Secret weapon of
Stoniocracy.
Of course there would
Also be laws.
Like you
Have to be friendly or
You’d be fined.
You can’t be
Mean to anyone,
Especially those
Less fortunate
Than yourself.
That would carry the
Maximum penalty of
Caring for the
Hooch fields that is the
Root to all this bliss.
It would be really cool.
So, that’s all I have to
Say on this subject.
What do you think?
Get Stoned,
Vote Correctly,
Love Everyone.
And stop being an asshole.
And if you don’t agree, get stoned.
Or go to a cafeteria and
Sit in a chair you've never sat in.
The End.