I Got Stoned and I Missed It
I Got Stoned and I Missed It - meaning Summary
Absent When Life Happened
This short comic narrative describes a speaker who repeatedly smokes and procrastinates, missing important moments and relationships. The poem treats addiction and distraction lightly but ruefully: occasions that should matter—friends, romance, a life review—slip by while the narrator is stoned. The voice mixes humor and regret to suggest how escapism erodes responsibility and memory, leaving the speaker able only to admit the habit shaped his life.
Read Complete AnalysesI was sitting in my basement I just rolled myself a taste of something green and gold and glorious to get me through the day Then my friend yelled through the transom 'Grab your coat and get your hat son, There's a nut down on the corner, givin' dollar bills away' But I laid around a bit Then I had another hit Then I rolled myself a bauma Then I thought about my mama Then I fooled around, played around jacked around a while and then I got stoned and I missed it I got stoned and I missed it I got stoned and it rolled right by I got stoned and I missed it I got stoned and I missed it I got stoned oh me oh my It took seven months of eargin just to get that local virgin with the sweet face up to my place to fool around a bit Next day she woke up rosy and she snuggled up so cosy When she asked me how I liked it Lord it hurts me to admit, I was stoned... I'm makin' no excuses for the many things I uses just to sweeten up my relationships and brighten up my day When my earthly race is over and I'm ready for the clover and they ask me how my life has been I guess I'll have to say, I was stoned...
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