tobacco coffee sugar liquor
tobacco coffee sugar liquor
tobacco coffee sugar liquor
how many have been killed
how many have been stolen
how many have been enslaved
in the history of these
now ever so everyday vices
how many forests have been cleared
how many farmers now starve
how many unfair trades have been made
for the sake of first-world
nicotine caffeine glucose alcohol haze
how many more bags of coffee will i buy
how many more packs of cigarettes
how many more pounds of sugar
will conscience ever be quite enough
to make me lose my taste
for these ordinary things
which are not
have never been
should not be
so ordinary.
narinda heng 