A Dope Reflection

Michael Malone
2 min readFeb 20, 2021

I used to smoke to cope,

It helped me stay afloat,

But now it’s a fucking joke,

‘Cause I just get sad when I toke.

Marijuana? Nah, I don’t wanna.

I used to puff puff pass,

Then we would all laugh and laugh,

I used to get high to get by,

But now all I do is cry.

Yeah, I used to smoke to cope,

It really helped me stay afloat,

But now it’s a fucking joke,

‘Cause I just get depressed when I toke.

Marijuana? Yeah, you know I wanna.

I still puff puff pass,

But now I don’t even laugh,

I still get high to get by,

Lights off and all I do is cry.

I used to smoke to cope…

Now I barely stay afloat,

God, I’m such a fucking joke,

Why do I get so sad when I toke?

Marijuana? Of course!

I’ll smoke that shit ‘til I’m hoarse.

‘Cause even though I feel like shit,

A few mins later I won’t feel any of it.

So puff puff pass,

‘Cause I never say no to grass,

Now I’m sky-high,

Just waiting to die,

But wait…

What if I smoke to cope,

Then I’ll be able to stay afloat,

Life — what a fucking joke,

Hopefully, it gets better after this toke…

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Michael Malone

Award-winning comedian, film director and author of the book Dead Serious. Also been seen on Comedy Central, Showtime, FOX, Hulu.