What creative techniques?

Stream of Consciousness writing

Narrative mode used “to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. Another term for it is 'interior monologue'."

A Dictionary of Literary Terms, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books,1984

Sarcasm, humor, exaggeration and profanity

Reporting personal experiences and emotions

In regards to the Counter Culture movement

“So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark — that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.”