This is the ritual.

We meet. Usually by Greyhound.

We get stoned. In the car, in the park, or in the apartment.

This is what we’ve been sav­ing for. What we’ve cho­sen to deny our­selves of, until the present com­pany, so that the expe­ri­ence is more intense. The rea­son why we’ve with­held for so long.

We intro­duce to each other what we’ve dis­cov­ered on our own. Songs. Videos. Experiences.

There is no pride. No bias. No judgment.

We cher­ish these times. These week­ends. These memories.

When we can grow from one another.

Because we’ve grown from ourselves.