| 46. Hemp is Relief |
| October 8, 2003
Hemp is Relief: This is a glass hemp leaf. It's a relief in glass, and Hemp is Relief Relief from Clear-cuts Relief from Cigarette Butts Relief from Climate Change Relief from Spare-changing Relief from little white pill popping Relief from un-conscious shopping Relief from Chumbawumba-thumping Relief from tell-lull-a-vision Relief from non-renewable energy consumption Relief from that never-ending pharmaceutical prescription Relief from hangovers (in a proactive kinda way) Relief For Thousands upon thousands of human lives imprisoned! Relief from wars waged to no avail. Relief for cows and pigs and chickens and other unloved proteins Relief from pipelines and tanker spills Relief from overflowing landfills Relief for all of us's instilled ills Relief for all of those intangibles Relief for our Mothers and Sisters and Daughters Relief in the form of laughter Relief in the way she just brightens your day Relief for the Earth and all who abide, As you feel a spark flicker way deep inside, And as I feel it, I know it, I've no reason to hide. She's a plant, she's a flower, A food, fuel, and fibre? What more do we need? Let us free the Weed from Opression and Greed! If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. Care2.com: Care2 make the world greener by voting with your dollars. buy local, organic, used, or hemp whenever you spend. Help the planet each day! It's free and easy: One Love. Johannes Chapman, Pure Hemp Caravaner |