Facts change nothing
It’s the marketing of the product
That alters our behaviour
Makes us dress in nylon
Over cotton, linen instead
Of satin. The European invaders
Mocked the Native Americans
For accepting coloured beads
As payment. It never occurred
To them that gold was useless
For refracting light or giving
Pleasure. The anal beads
Of Murano are exquisite. Trust me
I have been to Venice
And seen the evidence
The Gondoliers
The Bridge of Sighs
The Brooklyn (onto Manhattan)
Teased by Hart Crane
To span the distance between
The Romantic and the Modern
.
Steven Taylor
Picture Nick Victor
.