no more coffee before bed

since when did the world pick up steam?
since when is it okay to notice the earth’s rotation?
since when should I be sliding sideways into my couch?

since our favourite pre-packaged drug
economically distributed in single-serving doses
next to bagels and muffins
entered my bloodstream, it seems.

since the righteous won over the wrongeous
and caffeine became the working class drug du jour
we’ve replaced one addiction with another.
sad, isn’t it?