**
An Aquarian Exposition
a grizzled crow sat on a barbed
wire fence
looking at me
with one blinded eye…
in his beak he held a ticket
from 1969…
An Aquarian Exposition:
3 Days of Peace & Music
in the sun…
well I’ll be damned, I said to
him
trying to see in his unblinded
eye
a ticket to Woodstock
from 1969…
state the obvious, the old
crow muttered
I thought you were an enlightened lass
if you’re not up to this
the ticket you shall pass…
I blinked at him a moment
my mind was racing like the wind
are you saying this ticket
will get me there And back again?
Only if you don’t lose it, the old crow said with a grin-
nothing to lose, are … you… in?
-I didn’t waste a heartbeat, I
grinned and said ‘I’m In!’
**
I looked around at the faces
all gathered in the fire glow
‘and that’s how I got to be here
… and now you all know’
where’s the ticket now
one bedraggled youth asked
leaning in close to the fire-pit
I smiled at him and said
you know… I think I lost
it……………………..
Sharonlee©
12-Feb-12
Woodstock was designed as a profit-making venture, aptly
titled "Woodstock Ventures". It famously became a "free
concert" only after it became obvious that the event was drawing hundreds
of thousands more people than the organizers had prepared for. Tickets for the
event cost $18 in advance and $24 at the gate for all three days. Around
186,000 tickets were sold before it was decided that due to massive numbers the
concert would have to billed as free at the last moment.
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