Everything I Know Of Life (I Learned From Marijuana) — old poem, revised

1. decision
when it was first offered
to pass it
or hit it
made it clear
as to where I would stand
in certain battles.

2. buy

no trust
is complete.
trust 
anyway.

3. tools

what you work with
is not as important
as the end result.

4. process

anything worth doing
is worth doing well.

every loose end tightened,
every tear repaired,
clean up meticulous.

anything left over?
saved or shared.

5. sharing 

it’s never
100 % 
reciprocal; someone 
will always 
take more
than they should —
share anyway;
it comes back around
often enough.

6. nostalgia

haze
makes everything
golden.

7. paranoia

yes, they’re watching.
you are suspect.
they are too.
all good things
are suspect
to someone.

8. appetite

if you can swallow it,
it’ll do the job. all 
that matters is empty.

9. once it’s done

it can be revisited,
but it will never 
be the same.