SUBJECT>Re: Coffee POSTER>Barbara Silberg EMAIL>barbaralynnsilberg@msn.com DATE>1110566877 IP_ADDRESS>dialup-207-218-210-202.ev1.net PASSWORD>aa.b5wqTi2o36 PREVIOUS>84532 NEXT> IMAGE> LINKNAME> LINKURL>

I like this and I don't even LIKE coffee.

But I'd lose the "buns of promise" --maybe too much like buns of steel --(grin) and the second "runs."

On second thought, keep "the perfect body." It goes nicely with "bump and grind."

And maybe put a neighbor doing a striptease at an open window. (That would wake the neighborhood up.) Dah-data-duh-duh ...
--Barbara S.

: Coffee

: I tip the oily, darkened beans, like buns
: of promise, tumbling from their waxy sack
: they bump and grind while water runs, and runs
: its perfect body through the tap. The black

: and steel carafe awaits. My fingers pinch
: and spread the egg white filter in its nest.
: At last, the milling done, a final rinse
: and closing clap completes the work. A crested

: Stellars Jay is strutting on the deck,
: the dog forgets his leash and leaps, a baby
: cries across the yard and every speck
: of early light has gathered in the steamy

: shout of coffee made and morning chimes
: divine, sublime, the perfect cup of time.