Bell Bottom Flashbacks



Clean the seeds,
roll it tight,
smoke the high.

Tiny pills,
leave eyes wide,
impossible sleep.

Mind swirls
in a purple
haze.

Phantoms
dance
in strobe lights

Waist length hair
catches the wind,
born to be wild.

Bell bottom flashbacks


©Susie Clevenger 2012


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Comments

Claudia said…
now those were crazy days..eh..? had some of that smokes and tiny pills as well...purple haze and strobe lights..david bowie..ha...never had waist length hair though..love the pic..
May 6, 2012 at 2:33 AM
Anonymous said…
A wonderfully heady collection of memories, nice.
May 6, 2012 at 2:45 AM
Anonymous said…
A wonderfully heady collection of memories, nice.
May 6, 2012 at 2:48 AM
Dave King said…
Yeah, I still pine for my bell bottoms. Oh, the nostalgia of this!
May 6, 2012 at 3:43 AM
Anonymous said…
Yeah miss clevenger! You took me to a time I always wanted to experience! (although I have had a brush with the smoke- not so much the pills- I'd probably go bonkers)....this just filled my head with Jimi Hendrix, Kiss, all that good hearty American rock....and to put in that picture- just great....again, this just reinforces for me the importance of music in mile marking our lives.... Born to be wild- a feeling we ALL need to hang on too!
May 6, 2012 at 4:13 AM
Janine Bollée said…
Call that Bellbottoms? :-)
Mine were three times that wide. Actually, there are signs of the silly hems coming back in. How many decades ago was this again?
I had to laugh and it reminded me of my red MGB.
May 6, 2012 at 4:13 AM
Fireblossom said…
Oh yeah! Party at Susie's! I love that song, and "Black Coffee" and "I Don't Need No Doctor." I used to listen to GFR and AC/DC and Edgar Winter's White Trash. Heck yeah. Of course, I also listened to Mary Hopkin and Rita Coolidge and Bette Midler, so I was, and am, kind of all over the place.
May 6, 2012 at 4:41 AM
Anonymous said…
As I read this, I felt that I was going backwards in time.
May 6, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Brian Miller said…
hehe i may know a bit of what you are saying...crazy stuff huh, those white pills wired the night so the rest could happen for sure...i used to ride that night as well..cool pic of you too susie!
May 6, 2012 at 6:16 AM
Brian Miller said…
my hair only came mid chest though...smiles.
May 6, 2012 at 6:16 AM
Preeti S. said…
I loved this. Most of my favourite songs are from this gone era and I am always pretty much mystified by the ideas, the dresses, everything that belonged to this time. So much has changed since then, frankly, I wasn't even born back then. Haha.

Wonderful poem.
May 6, 2012 at 6:52 AM
Scarlet said…
Those were some wild days and crazy strobe lights ~

You look very lovely with that long hair ~ Thanks for sharing this ~
May 6, 2012 at 7:06 AM
Mary said…
Love the picture! And bell bottoms, we thought we were so cool. You capture those days well.
May 6, 2012 at 7:32 AM
Tashtoo said…
LOVED! A true flash back delivered thru words AND image! Love the photo! I can see electricity racing the wires and The Pusher Man...oh my...going back to a previous life now! Seriously enjoyed the write!
May 6, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Tigerbrite said…
Wild child too. I had waist length hair as well.
May 6, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Susie Swanson said…
Love it, Love it..I remember so well those days..the poem is awesome as usual..Susie
May 6, 2012 at 4:05 PM
adan said…
born to be wild! i can see that ;-) great photo to go with the songs-flash-backs, enjoyed it ;-) thanks!
May 6, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Laurie Kolp said…
Bell bottom flashbacks- love it. You brought back some memories. Great picture.
May 6, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Other Mary said…
Looks like you got your groove on, girl! lol
May 7, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Mystic_Mom said…
That 70's show! Your photo is so cool, and your poem is very good too! Love it!
May 7, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Sherry Blue Sky said…
Those were the days.....and wow, what wonderful hair!!!!!
May 9, 2012 at 12:13 PM
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