O coffee, sweetest of bitter brews!
It is for you I crave in the early hours.
From the depths of sleep, you save me.
“Awake!” you cry in the morning.
“O slumbering man, awake!
Awake from your dreams and begin to dream
Of a bright future that starts with a single cup.
Forget you now drink the whole pot.
Avoid the recognition of caffeine addiction.
Ignore the fact you’ve personified coffee in a poem.”
O coffee, my dear and only friend!
I cannot live without you.
I don’t have a problem, do I, coffee?
You’d never lie to me, coffee.
Right?
This was originally published in my now-defunct blog Brief Conceits in April 2010, and included in my 2011 flash fiction collection Momentary Lapses into Sanity. The full collection of stories and illustrations is available in print at Amazon.
Enjoyed your reading!