There’s a live radio version from 2008 in this interview.
Now this is a poem about coffee. There’s lots of those: poets drink coffee, it seems. But let me explain the subtext. So I was drinking coffee, and listening to the radio, and … Now this is a poem about sex, of course. Aren’t they all? So I was thinking about my … But this is a poem about music. I was listening to the radio. Oh—the hell with it. Just think about yours, OK? Ready? OK, here we go then.
I prefer it white but I’ll
take it black. I’ll take it any
way you give it.
Sugary or bitter, with
chocolate or cream, with
Baileys or Galliano—
even with vanilla—
However you want to serve it, if it’s
made by you I’ll drink it.
Just put your poison in it.
First published in Thirst
From Coracle
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