I listen to the complexities
traded back and forth
across gift cards, CDs,
sustainable energy bars,
past the case filled with
pastries, muffins, cakes
and tortes, accompanied
by paroxysms of milk
steamed and coffee
expressed, permeated
by omnipresent and
omnipotent smells, and
then I say, simply, and
in a clear voice,
mashing English between
two slices of Italian:
Venti Non-Fat Latte.
Seth Haines at TweetSpeak Poetry has a poetry prompt – how do you take you coffee? It’s coffee and tea month at TweetSpeak.
And today is also Poetry at Work Day. You can check out this cool infographic developed by TweetSpeak’s own Lyla Lindquist and re-published by Huffington Post.
Thos poem is also submitted to Open Link Night at dVersePoets. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time today.
Photograph by Vera Kratochvil via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.
