Saturday, November 3, 2012

Smoking the pipe of peace


Three US states poised to legalise cannabis and defy ‘war on drugs’
The Guardian, 3 November 2012

So when the reeking pipe gets passed to you
meekly partake, if it’s what you want to do.

Smile and be cool, there’s no need to impress
anyone else. It would cause no offence

if you just took it, wiped some spittle away
put it to your twitching lips, or, as they say,

paid lip service. But if you want to see
what I see when I look through you, breathe

that fug like it was a mountain breeze
while I steal your wallet, your wife and the keys

to your new Mercedes Benz. Now, my friend
you’ve just got to earn it all back again.

(c) 2012 Slush Poet

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