On Nikoms

smoke smoke smoke
up in smoke
down in smoke
laugh in smoke
cry in smoke
dry of smoke

outta greens,
an hour ago,
i think,
and browns,
just now,
when I crumpled
that pack

smoke smoke
dope dope
which is who?
what is why?
how is Guy?

I dump the ashtrays quick
so as to not
look at all
the dead smokes rot
in front of me
I am one of thee

I wont let there be
more than two or three
cigarette butts without
emptying it, as I dont like
to look at the evidence.

I conviently forget I smoke
cigarettes, and smoke a bowl
of marijuana.

Yes, marijuana,
like you heard about on TV.

This slows down my metabolism
enough to sit and think about life
for hours. I sometimes (very rarely)
go to a lookout, or place to hike in nature,
and smoke there, feeling very earthy.

The first 4 or 5 times I ever smoked
marijuana
it was like this.
I was watching the sunset,
or view of the city,
and it all seemed so real.

I was so small in comparison
so large in the charge
of what I had to accomplish
and I felt so old and young.

Now I am an old smoker
"yeah I can roll the joint,
gimme that. I have been
puffing for years. Look at all
my pipes. I got this one in
Amsterdam... (lights a cigarette)
Yeah I was there two weeks...
12 shows aint bad
I saw them 28 times... Yeah I wish
I coulda heard them in the 70s,
But I guess I can. You can borrow
any tapes you want... "

The other day
I smoked marijuana
and thought,
"Gee, I have
been smoking
for years."

and then I thought,
"Gee, I have
been smoking
for years."

and then,
"for years."

I’ll quit cigarettes first,
because they’ll kill me

I’ll just smoke weed
and kill the day

no, I’ll quit the bong
cause its slowing me down
I’ll sing the cigarette song
around the town.

"Why dont you quit both?"

"Ha! You are too funny.
I have as much chance
of doing that, as I do
dating a playboy bunny,
or writing poetry for money."

Smoked my last bowl, and am now
smoking my last cigarette,
outside,

in the Santa Monica sun
at 6:13 on a Saturday morning in 2001
and there is nothing better
on this earth than
what is
now.



©2001 by Yosh