It begins at a dispensary—The Tree House—
a twisting oak branch across its main room,
tripped-out canisters of caramel candies,
dropper bottles printed with the hand-like leaf.

Yes, I think, I like this place,
the smell of sweaty incense,
paintings of naked women
absorbed into dust and light.

Even now—chin sagged, pipe cleaner arms,
my body, an overcoat on a stick—that smell,
reminds me of an another time,
when I saw joists and Glulams in the sky—
my mind, a melting tip.

O, those days of blotter and window pane.
Bare-foot nyads, just begun,
fresh as tomatoes, light-struck—
the world whispering—

Everything will change.

But that night, no longer young,
after I chewed a double dose,
patterns deciphered the dark,
made sense—as I lost my senses—
of the idea of being alive.

I stepped outside, the moon ripped apart,
slivered my guts,
steamed from my mouth and eyes.

Why did we re-invent God?
Wasn’t this enough?

It wasn’t, you fool. Enjoy.

 

A BOOMER WITH INSOMNIA WANTS CBD and Is Sold THC Gummies, Which She Eats Without Reading the Label by Dion O'Reilly

 


 

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