The poem, The Perfect
High, is unique for the poet we have all grown to love, Shel Silverstein.
It has the same nursery rhyme feel but with a completely different story than
what one would share with children. The main character is a junkie who tries
every drug imaginable in search for the perfect drug that will give him the
best high. Gimmesome Roy is a name that fits with most of Silverstein's
characters, a name that fits the character and is unusual for any common
person. The poem has a underlying message, which is the perfect high of life
resides within each of us. The guru states in the last line of stanza three, 'Son,
if you would seek the perfect high- find it in yourself,' basically sharing
that all this time Roy has been searching for something through substance abuse
that has basically cost him his life when all the while it has already been
with him.
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