In Shel Silverstein’s “The Perfect High,” we are taken on a journey through the life of Gimme-Some-Roy, a greedy and unsatisfied boy. In this story Silverstein describes this boy’s journey down the path of drugs trying to find that perfect high, but just can’t. This poem takes a turn and reveals an ending of irony for the young boy and his journey to achieve the perfect high. Silverstein’s story leads this boy to Baba Fats, who has the knowledge of the perfect high, “Another burned out soul, Who’s lookin’ for an alchemist to turn his trip to gold. It isn’t in a dealer’s stash, or on a druggist’s shelf…Son, if you would find the perfect high, find it in yourself.” In this stanza Silverstein takes the reader from a drug induced journey to a religious high (spiritual awakening). The boy does not like this answer and ridicules Baba Fats for his response, so in the end Baba Fats creates an impossible journey for the boy to make to obtain an imaginary flower. Silverstein’s character Baba Fats creates this unobtainable flower because he realizes that everyone is the same and will only accept God if they truly choose to believe.