73’ … 74’ …
Oh … 16 or so,
A news headline
in that Conservative
of English newspapers
The Daily Telegraph
engaged me …
‘Hippy Camp in the Himalayas
Broken Up By the Police’
or as close
as I recall.
& from that
moment on
my ambition
was clear,
my future set.
Dad might
have preferred
college or
a decent job,
but heck no …
A hippy camp
in the Himalayas.
& as soon as
school was over
off I went
to Amsterdam
to board the Magic Bus …