Fred Gwynne

A fine life

Coming down off an

Acid trip

With my friend Corny

At 4 in the morning

In New York

Somewhere in the east sixties

All of a sudden

Fred Gwynne walks by

He didn’t have plugs

In his neck

Or a scar on his forehead

Or any of his makeup

From when he played

Herman Munster.

But it was Fred Gwynne

All right.

And no jokes about

Being on acid and my

Judgement being impaired.

Maybe you wouldn’t

Want to operate

Heavy equipment

Or fly a commercial plane

Or talk to your principal

On acid.

But as far as

Recognizing Fred Gwynne

At four in the morning?
No problem.

He was carrying a bag

Of groceries.

He was tall and

Moved along briskly.

Maybe if you go through life

As Herman Munster

You learn to move along quickly

Just so the autograph hounds

Aren’t all over you.

Or maybe he just

Walked briskly.

He was a big guy

With long legs.

I’m not sure if he was whistling.

The impression was

The same as if

He had been whistling.

It was 4 in the morning

In the east sixties

In New York

And Fred Gwynne

Was having

A fine life.