Talking pleasure in tender tea leaves is considered
a symbol of backwardness
Drinking tea is as outdated as
a chinese fairly tale

Don’t you see
the hillside where the headwaters are
all the tea plantations are being bulldozed
one stretch after another

Then let’s have a look at
the golf course
in the clubhouse lounge for honored guests
in the hands of the dignitaries
what’s in all their cups isn’t it coffee?

1993