Sensory enhancement through substances
helps us make a go of things and anyone
who says different has never swallowed
mood improvers or taken magic mushrooms
and watched the veins on tiny leaves
pulse like God was present, breathing
on the outcome of every precious moment
Without my morning coffee,
I’m in no fit state to be exploited
dig that hole or hump that load, whistle
like a Disney dwarf with Snow White in attendance
voiced by Adriana Caselotti
who looked nothing like the Aryan sweetheart
presented to the audiences in the year (that)
Stevens published The Man with the Blue Guitar
and Buchenwald opened with a fanfare
.
Steven Taylor
Picture Nick Victor
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Love the poem Steven.Reading with my first coffee of the morning.
Comment by Malcolm Paul on 24 January, 2026 at 8:28 amThank you.🙂👍
envious of the poem
especially the lines
Comment by bart on 28 January, 2026 at 2:07 pm“Without my morning coffee,
I’m in no fit state to be exploited”