i still hear marley

hope might be

     going or gone
the people have been robbed
the planet is burning
hair-triggers itching
no woman no cry

who woulda thought

a free field of cannabis
mainstreamed and televised
enough to buy off
a generation or two
would be enough to buy obedience

complete liberation

doesn't come so cheap
the secret banks and the
not so secret political hacks
claim victory every day
of the manufactured consensus
like it's an easy tax write-off

good friends we've had

and good friends we've lost
along the way

for them

we must still traverse
every river
canyon
mountain
ocean
in search of the pure water
the holy water

we have but our feet

our only carriage

--- e b bortz