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Into The Thickets

Three Morons Go Eight Miles High

By Paul Bernard FowlerPublished about a year ago 3 min read
Into The Thickets
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Meet Devin, James, and Julio three young men who have become unemployed due to the Covid Lockdowns. Being out of a job is not the only thing they have in common. In fact all three of them exhibit signs of being degenerate low lives. Instead of taking this time to improve their standing in their community they have taken it upon themselves to use elicit drugs. Specifically those of a psycho active and psychedelic nature. They have decided to undertake this course of action in hopes of gaining some sort of radical epiphany that will serve to enlighten them somehow. After purchasing the fun-time fungi our heroes debate amongst themselves as to where they should conduct their experiment.

After a fierce intellectual struggle our motley crew settled on the scenic northern Arizonan village of Sedona. So then it was that very weekend that they sojourned up highway forty in Devin's car; the sexy and exclusive ford focus! On the ride up there our new age philosopher's discussed the main issues that desperately need solving. They did this with the utmost integrity as well as with no stench of hypocrisy whatsoever. First there was Devin who concretely lectured his other two compatriots on the importance as well as the subsequent health benefits of abstaining from pork. However, I wonder if it ever occurred to him that the benefits he received from his strict diet were ever overshadowed by his frequent bouts of severe binge drinking?

Nonetheless, let us move onto our next protagonist whose prized talking point was that of the importance 0f always being of a sound mind. With this being said, I find myself in a troublesome state for I am perplexed as to why our great new thought leader whose prenom was Julio thought being perpetually stoned would help him maintain his new enlightened state of being .

Although I think I might have saved the best for last! James could categorically be summed up as the true heir of Aristophanes. While also enlisting himself under the tutelage of Diogenes. For being unemployed was not a rare event for this young man, but a lifestyle that he had carefully worked on perfecting ever since he decided to abandon all scholastic pursuits. For he rightly recognized from the begining that all academic institutions push the twisted ponderings of sophistry. With this knowledge of James in our hands it should be no surprise to anyone about how delighted he was to have two new friends join him amongst the ranks of the unemployed.

Another topic to which our distinguished Aristotelians dedicated themselves to was what were the best methods of procurring for themselves loose women. I rather admire the way in which James brought about this conversation by stating:"How do you guys fuck bad bitches?"

The first to graciously offer up his strategy was Julio who professed the belief that the best way to go about this was to scrounge dating apps for single mothers, because those in a desperate situation are less likely to be too picky when looking for a potential mate. Devin simply suggested the bar scene for the devil's elixir is widely known as the world's premiere social lubricant. James suggested that his prime targets are those who are the runt of the litter. To put it more plainly, he'd go after the girls that he perceived to be the least attractive of any selective female friend group. After this intense highly thought out dsicourse our heroes finally arrived at their desired destination. Before indulging in the vessels of psilocybin they rightly concluded that it would be far more prudent if they'd begin their psycho active journey with a little bit sativical flower.

They had set the preconditions for the great epiphany to take place. They had consumed the psychedelic flora with a couple of snacks in order to save their taste buds from the dirty flavor for which that particular substance is known for. Therefore they set offf into the thickets ever expecting for the universe to bequeath upon them enlightenment and revelation. Once they had traversed a quarter of the way up the trail they decided to trek off into the unbeaten path. Both Julio and James described the miraculous euphoria they were experiencing due to the psycho active concoction that was now traveling through their bloodstreams.

However Devin would not confess to his altered state of conciousness, and proudly proclaimed that the substances had little to no effect on him. Then all of a sudden the wild grounds that Devin was walking upon became quite uneven. These circumstances led to Devin becoming a victim of gravity. As he stood up he fully admitted to his lack of sobriety for the substances and their effects had become quite obvious.

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