Thursday, April 8, 2021

i don't hate it

i ask the waitress how
the coffee is today.

i don't hate it she says.
it's black,

it's hot. it's ready if you
want a cup.

i think we made it yesterday.

you're quite the salesperson
i tell her.
i'll have a cup,

though never getting
past the first sip.

wiping a particle of 
bitter grind

off my
burned lip.

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