**flashback**

you've got
to light
the tip
of an incense
stick
to smell
the essence
you've got to
pass the chalice
and taste
today before
tomorrow -
you've got to like
time and take that
time while you have the
time to take it
by the balls
you've got to grab opportunity
the same way -
you've got
to breathe chance
as well as you
inhale grass
take a laugh
and turn it into an epidemic
you don't have to
capture a shot
that plants
itself
automatically
inside -
way past the ball
of your
eye

I shared
that drink
that smoke
that breath
that smell
that laugh
turned contagious and
the way his words
motivated
motivation and
tho I fucked-up
missed that opportunity -
then
I take it now
and thank you
michael mc neilley.

cait