The Contract (now Cannabis)

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Cannabis



Under the contract
every evening I’m allowed to visit the clouds
where Devas dance for a quarter.
My keeper, she holds the tickets to the door
of my tin shack Nirvana,
teaches me the secrets of chopping wood, drawing water.
She is my tether against the lure of the sky
and to the before and after.

Under the contract

every third day I’m allowed to visit the clouds

where perception is a mirror and Devas dance for a quarter.

My keeper, she holds the tickets to the door

of my tin shack Nirvana.

She also holds the secrets of chopping wood, drawing water.

She is my tether against becoming lost

to the sky and to her for too long.

The contract is my surrender to a 40 year love,

to the keeper, and to the before and after.









Under the Contract



every third day I visit the Cloud



where perception is a mirror and Delilah dances for a quarter.



The Keeper holds the tickets,



the secrets of chopping wood, drawing water.



The Contract is my surrender



not to the Keeper, but to the before and after.