The Contract (now Cannabis)

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Under the Contract                   here i feel like you are referring to perceived obligation to be online
every third day I visit the Cloud      "the cloud" is the internet, not sure why every third day.  Daily for me!
where perception is a mirror and Delilah dances for a quarter.    Here I think you are referring to the fact that the internet is now designed to reflect you own views and satisfaction is cheap.  If my interpretation is true, very nice.
The Keeper holds the tickets,  Have to admit not sure who the keeper is but assume its the internet at large with access to the secrets exampled in the next line.
the secrets of chopping wood, drawing water.
The Contract is my surrender
not to the Keeper, but to the before and after.  This line does lose me a bit, though I like the feel of it. especially the before and after.

Hey Tranq,

Wanted to give you more specific feedback.  Like I said before, I like it overall.  Hope my comments help you hone it a bit more.

bryn

Thanks Bryn,

I pretty much missed the mark on this one.  I misled the reader badly by using "the Cloud" which is not meant as an Internet reference.  Much work to be done to get the poem to say what I "really" meant.  Just to continue with "the Cloud", I meant something more along the lines of a temporary state of altered consciousness (drug-induced).

I was also playing with a Zen saying:  "Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.  After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."

Back to the drawing board, as they say.

TqB