The Light They Waste

this week I got the
phone call from two
old brothers one
calling from a Tijuana
hospital where he just
had triple bypass
surgery to save a
hundred thousand
dollars because the
weed business is not
covered by Medicare
and my other soul
partner in Spokane
who got five stents and
was feeling fine except for
the fact that his fucked
up liver will kill him
before his heart does so
he's still drinking the
wine and writing the shit
but what more could
you expect when you're
the last of your kind
living amongst the
incompetent others
in the light they waste