Let’s Not Talk About

Let’s not talk about nutrition. And spice. And remedy.

Let’s not talk about illness. And hardship. And plenty.

Let’s talk

Let’s talk about coffee.

And its scent. And the taste in the mouth.

Let’s talk about its froth. And its blend. And what it’s covering up.

So there. We talked. And I took one last sip

And I’ll have one in the evening, at noon and at dawn

And the blood that flows, and muscles that twitch

will cry out “enough, that’s enough” — but in the end you’ll still get hooked.

So why should I get hooked

if not on coffee?

On breathing. Long and full. On a bird. On a friend.

On a song. On dance. On singing. On the sea. On the piano.

You. Love to taste a bit of everything. And that’s good. Only

when the question comes up of who controls whom

Oh! For that, you need to think.