Issue 5:
Warm
Dave Ruslander
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Coffee
Coffee needs a clay cup to taste right.
Is a grand latte with cinnamon in Styrofoam ok?
Perhaps a cappuccino in cardboard topped with plastic?
Can you imagine an espresso in tin?
Coffees with whipped cream and a straw, don't even.
Here coffee regular is two sugars and milk,
coffee black has sweet and low,
who knows what plain cawffee is.
Used to be, coffee was under a buck
now it's two fifty for a small,
thanks for marketing Starbucks.
My taste buds aren't that great,
aromatic coffees, to me, still
taste like coffee straight.
Does decaf count as coffee
would you say?
It certainly lacks octane.
Me, I'll sip fresh brewed
from the diner
in a chipped mug of clay.
~Dave Ruslander
Dave lives in Virginia and "took up poetry six months ago at the ripe age of 50." He is an active member of several online poetry forums and is working on a chapbook. Email.
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This page updated April 23, 2002.