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RASTAFARIAN AT THE LONE STAR
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CANNIBALIZED HAIBUN
I nearly got busted at the Lone Star Café during a Burning Spear concert. I was smoking a doobie with a Rastafarian when two Hell’s Angels walked into the venue and sat at the upstairs bar 15 feet from where we were standing. They were ordering beers and seemed to be laying low.
angels clad in black
colors decorate their backs
loud belch attack
A couple minutes later, two cops walk in and go straight up the stairs. I hold the joint low and kept myself from plain sight. They walked right by and past the Hell’s Angels. They went down the back stairs. Presumably they were checking on the bikers. I breathed a sigh of relief, took another toke and passed the joint back to the Rastafarian. Burning Spear was singing “Jah Is My Driver.” At the very least, Jah was a protector that night.
just another toke
carry us over the line
sweet relief in kind
