a-wooing for coffee

Yellow Bourbon E-
special
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe
as well

their green beans turn
to brown
in the oily smoke
with a cra-cra-
crackling sound

coffee
over the stove-top
it’s Espresso
that gets me
wired

here’s a batch
of beans
green-to-brown them
turn the heat
much
higher

grind them
start the day right
percolate
the bubbling growl

give me give me give me
coffee
don’t make
a grown man …

a-a-a      a-wooooo

a-a      a-wooooo

don’t make a grown man

a-wooooo woo-woo-woo

for my

coffee

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© Frank Prem, 2017

Poem #13: thwocking turbulence