Coffee Break

Coffee Break

By nature,

a procrastinator,

I awoke early

to finish writing

my last paper

in high school.

The typewriter had

made a few clicks

when I heard my

Mother's footsteps.

Steeled to receive

a scolding, I was

offered a cup of coffee.

"You don't like it

when I do this."

She shrugged.

"You get good grades."

I went back to work,

sipped the warm liquid

and smiled.

Did you procrastinate when it came to homework? Do you procrastinate now?

Links

Mission Art Walk--June 25

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Sandra Moran Alphabet Soup Radio Book Club April 9 Podcast

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Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day

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Coffee Grounds Blues

Coffee Grounds Blues

I got grounds in the coffee.

Careful when you pour the last cup.

If you don't pay attention,

that cup will be full of muck.

I was pouring the water,

steady and straight.

Looked away for a second.

That was my mistake.

I got grounds in the coffee.

 Careful when you pour the last cup.

If you don't pay attention,

that cup will be full of muck.

The grounds started flowing

over the top.

Oozing into the coffee

before I could stop.

I got grounds in the coffee.

Careful when you pour the last cup.

If you don't pay attention,

that cup will be full of muck.

Sometimes it happens.

No way to back up.

Just turn your thoughts to

who should get that last cup.

I got grounds in the coffee.

Careful when you pour the last cup.

If you don't pay attention,

that cup will be full of muck.

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Spills

Spills

A cup tips.

Liquid slides

on the table

in all directions

and begins to drop

to the floor.

Napkins are saturated

and notebooks are

painted with sepia streaks.

Hands work quickly to

sop up the beverage,

erase the evidence

of the miscue.

The cup is refilled.

The stains are permanent

even though 

they haven't dried.

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