Amanita or Fly Agaric

In the forest often
one sees the fly agaric
its red and it is easy
to identify
we’ve known it as
a toxic soul
and therefore tend to
pass it by
not so the Reindeer
who will search
where ever it does lie

The Sami people
know a thing or two about
this toadstool
consuming it brings
trance like states
and visual displays
it seems as if you are flying
in a lot of different ways

toxic ecstasy a fanciful
description of the feeling
rhapsodic in so many ways
as the sky becomes your ceiling
the clouds become your chairs
and you romanticize
fly agaric is absurdly
more than a surprise

Santa and his banter
and his reindeers see them canter
pull the great sleigh topped with tinsel
and gifts for girls and boys
the story of fly agaric
there’s no, reason to panic
it has amazing qualities
which the reindeer tribe enjoys