The LSD Had a Delayed Reaction

​The LSD had a delayed reaction,
For one person it took an hour,
For another twenty years. It dropped
Into an iced tea, it permeated a shower

Across a county. Some parts were
Digested easily, and a tree appeared
With a human face. Other times
It took awhile before the blue ponies reared.

But what good will it do when we
Do not read or walk along 
The avenue and give a quarter
To a bum or to King Kong?

A strength comes from words,
From points, from sparks, from life
Scattered in the trees and
Cuba Road, the mantis and fife,

Caught in the web or van Allen belt,
The instrument panels glow,
The patient is growing stronger,
The valley under the dirty snow

Opens to a pool, and through
The narrow defile the stream
Spreads, the minnows flash,
The broader current frees the bream.