Ode to Proposition 19 (Cali pot legalization)

It's a paradigm shift,
a great dime-bag rift
between truth and lies,
and between youth and lies

It's the culmination
of the Emancipation Proclamation,
which alone can't free
hundreds of thousands of blacks and whites
(mostly blacks)
in prison for growing a plant,
an ancient and revered herb

The Ameri-fascists and the liquor companies
are throwing all their powers of deceit and spin,
fraud and self-righteous sin
into the battle,
but the polls remain solid
"as a stone wall"

Californians are re-claiming the American dream,
and entering a golden hour.
the cancer patient, the artist,
the philosopher, and the brick-layer
shall have their medicine,
and their life, liberty,
and pursuit of happiness

In this respect,
the rest of the nation remains
in futile, feudal darkness.
But I'm far from the only one
who'll be lighting it up