smoking cannabis sativa

smoking cannabis sativa
with a mexican mocha
that dispels the fog of night

smoking cannabis sativa
with its bright green color
and many crystals sparkling
in kitchen half-light

smoking cannabis sativa
with the same brother
I once travelled
the grassy mountains of Montana,
and walked Custer and Crazy Horse's battle-field

smoking cannabis sativa
with scarred, perserverant hope
in my heart

smoking cannabis sativa
with lungs forever weakened
by childhood pneumonia

smoking cannabis sativa
reading books
and eating pita bread

smoking cannabis sativa
under the green desert hills
of Ashland, Oregon
surrounded by progressive minds,
upscale houses
and artistic restaurants

smoking the cannabis sativa
Americans risk prison for

smoking cannabis sativa
in my mom's house
by the space-race technology
known as "the microwave,"
and the government spawned innovation
called the internet

smoking cannabis sativa
under the sunny blue,
chilly mid-day sky

smoking cannabis sativa,
not enough to go crazy
(or dead-beat lazy)
but enough to get high