Shiva’s Potting Shed

In a garden shed nearby in your very own neighbourhood
Across the land in every town grows forbidden medicinal bud
Grown hydroponically, or in a flowerpot pot, planted in fertile mud
By a multitude of guerrilla gardeners and green-fingered potheads
Cultivating cannabis plants in secret herb gardens in their sheds
All it takes is a couple of fans and a 600 watt light of sodium
To grow an alleged psychotic plant of evil and pandemonium
Water them well, and to bloom give ’em 12hrs of light and dark
Growing funny plants is not unlawful; it’s a good hobby and a lark
A cottage industry that offers a natural herbal home-grown remedy
That relieves pain, stops melancholy like a cheery dreamy melody
Grown in lofts, cupboards, kitchens, bathrooms, and on window-sills
At allotments, in greenhouses, lockups, garages and behind hills
Pot was Queen Vic’s remedy, and has been grown at Buckingham palace
Hemp is not a public nuisance, a health risk, or a manic malign menace
Rural and urban cannabis plantations across the nation are on the increase
A smoky peaceful gardening pastime does no harm, and will never cease
Not allowed to grow hemp in Hempstead, or in a shed? It’s unbelievable!
Hemp still grows in Hempstead, its shoots, buds and holy leaves always will
And in Bangladesh, bhang still grows in the land of bhang in the wilderness
Despite American initiatives to burn hemp fields and to leave it weedless
A mighty robust noble plant and her followers they will never suppress
Because Shiva the lord of bhang will always cultivate hemp and will bless
Those who nurture and cherish holy healing hemp, an antidote for stress
Cannabis queen of Herbs, is always best, a panacea of love and kindness