Origin of Spice

[busker]

Something primitive,
necessary, about eating
chilli pepper

jalapeños, Serranos
touching tongues,
other parts—

makes you want to tear
clothes, run naked through
rows-and-rows of October corn

The central thesis of the poem i.e. the thing that goads you into trying something uncomfortable like eating a hot pepper is similar to that which makes you run naked, doesn't convince me. Sure, both can be described as 'primitive' desires to do something mildly adventurous and daring, but the activities and sensations are too dissimilar for the juxtaposition to work.

S3 in isolation reads well, particularly the endling line.