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DON’T MESS WITH MY COFFEE
2/18/2011
Copy Write Gordon Kuhn
Coffee in a plain blue cup
dark brew, restaurant knew
ah, cream to the side, I think
but blink at the suggestion of sugar
need not sweeten the bitter biting taste
to do so would be such a terrible waste
of coffee bean and water made in water hotter
leave out all this other stuff
and, why, for God’s sake all these names are strange I think
but don’t destroy with special crap poured in my coffee
a frothing mess sprinkled with cocoa dust?
for that I would surely frown and my lips would shrink
away from such a polluted mess
and confess I would hate to waste it all
this drink the seller called out is tall
tall?
what happened to the simple cup
now abused by steamed milk and a chocolate machine
a biscotti to the side maybe someone else’s dream
but not mine
please,
just pour the coffee in a plain old eight ounce cup
let me make the choice of if I wish for cream
regular, cow cream, please, not colored, not flavored
simple, savored.
Poet in the Rain 
Ode to coffee, I can relate, though I do need some honey and cream in my fresh cup of French press. Like this much.
Well I like some sugar in mine, yes cream too.
The cost of those “tall, cocoa dusted etc” is enough to make MY lips shrink
[…] Feature Fridays: DON’T MESS WITH MY COFFEE (via Poet in the Rain) Posted on February 18, 2011 by Judy| Leave a comment Today it did not take more than one cup of coffee (bummer) to find a unique blog post to feature today. I suppose I’ll just let their poetry about coffee suffice. I like the lighter side of Fridays, I like poetry, and I love coffee—life is just better with coffee, especially if a friend is sitting along side the sipping of it—so this post just suits me for Feature Fridays. DON’T MESS WITH MY COFFEE 2/18/2011 Copy Write Gordon Kuhn Coffee in a plain blue cup dark brew, restaurant knew ah, cream to the side, I think but blink at the suggestion of sugar need not sweeten the bitter biting taste to do so would be such a terrible waste of coffee bean and water made in water hotter leave out all this other stuff and, why, for God … Read More […]