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Originally Posted by Burner of trees
same
i read it once in highschool before, but now i realize how truly great of a book it is
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It really is an amazing book. There is no way I could have fully appreciated it back in high school--the way reality seemlessly floats into hallucination and insanity...the brilliance there would have been completely lost on me, especially before I started doing drugs. You know, Kesey came up with the writing style for the book during a Mescaline trip.
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Sailin' down the river in an old canoe,
A bunch of bugs and an old tennis shoe.
Out of the river all ugly and green,
Came the biggest old alligator that I've ever seen!
Teeth big and pointy and his eyes were buggin' out,
Contracted the union, put the beggars to rout.
Screamin' and yellin', he was pickin' his chops,
He never runs he just stumbles and hops.
Just out of prison on ten dollars bail,
Mumblin' bitches and waggin' his tail.
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