Saturday, February 24, 2007

Just Plain Coffee





















Darkly brewed
Freshly extracted from the sacrificial beans
Drained to continual drip
Flowing through the filter

        Whispering…wake up!


The aroma in the salubrious air
Escaped recently from volcanic boil
Rising vapors over the earthen cup
Diminishing waves on the air-liquid interface

        Telling…wake up!


Strongly bitter, immaculately unsweetened
Black but not of macabre, no imminent horror
Shot of caffeine, satisfyingly addictive
For the yielding eyes challenged by drowsiness

Shouting…wake up!


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