gods of tobacco demanded more leaf
so vassals complied
using torture and mass murder
leaving no room in all quarters.
entrepreneurs scraped and cooked fields of clay and ore
into city streets and citadels.
using the means familiar to them and blood for glue
Tag: tobacco
nightshade
nicotania brings us here.
dark-leaf
yellow flowers
fire cured,
rolled down hills and blown across oceans
to speed a heart with so many beats