Iboga - Timothy Leary Would Be So Pleased! Tongue-In-Cheek Poem by Margaret Alice

Selling the concept of iboga
to Mapula who claims she’s
in need of a pep-up – iboga,
advertised on the Internet

A product of West Africa,
the Cameroon and Gabon
with cult status in Europe
and America, a religion

As inclusive as Buddhism;
the bark of the iboga-tree
is ground and eaten for a
great psychedelic experience:

See the future, heal the sick,
speak with the deceased –
Timothy Leary would be
so pleased!