Poems of the Week

Joint Venture

by Marshall Begel

“Anchorage has to close a child care funding gap because… [t]he city is collecting less revenue than it projected from a cannabis tax intended to fund child care and early education.”
Anchorage Daily News

Not every consequence was analyzed
when Anchorage said pot was legalized—
while physical dependence was predicted,
it was the state that ended up addicted.