His ears couldn't hear
His thoughts all a-shmear
His eyes didn't see
Took Ecstasy
Self-control didn’t work
His whole body jerked
He slowly lost hope
Addicted to dope
Let’s make it all legal
Injections by needle
Just DECRIMINALIZE
A solution so wise
Porous border
100 thousand Americans dead
Fentanyl poisoned.
Courtesy of China, the cartels, and little Joe Biden.
Sex trafficking and dirty coyotes.
Biological weapons
wet market alibi
gain of function.
Decriminalize drugs.
Close down insane asylums.
No bail for violent fellows.
Sweep God under the rug.
Leaning toward Energy dependency.
To beg oil from our sworn enemies.
War for profit.
The red panda is chewing up our farmland.
War for "prophet".
Can't wait to see what's next?
I am outside the circle of sex. Just as well. Population control,
the biome's survival instinct. Or I'm old. Look
in mirror, skin over bones. Young girls
on bicycles, running, have that granddaughterly smile for me,
all is safe, well. Much is well.
The neighborhood safe,
the nation a non-violent helpmate among nations. Until
food shortages, weather crises, nuclear mischief apply.
Police patrols. I was proud of Massachusetts
voting to decriminalize reefer. Let's go all the way:
free all non-violent offenders from their cells! Force police
out of cruisers to walk the streets and say hello.
What else can we try:
Open the border with Mexico. Let labor
flow like capital.
What has this to do with the self,
the temperamental, fragile self. The one that leaves no footprint
in eternity. No smell.
Hazy Days in Colorado
By Elton Camp
So many are now buying out there
There’s a haze of smoke in the air
Those who desire to get high
Just breathing, they should try
So many bought a joint to smoke
That innocent ones began to choke
“Oh, man, I’m beginning to fly”
Was the oft-heard, delighted cry
Sales taxes into city coffers flow
The mayor’s heart begins to glow
The police have got a big relief
Pot now legal, they’ll nab a thief
The preacher also will win
Now there is one less sin
If Colorado passes the pot test,
How far behind will be the rest?
Statistics improve, that’s no surprise
If a state proceeds to decriminalize
Now, since this trend did begin
What’ll be the next former sin?
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