(short/untitled 2 - coffee)

The slow tapdance of your

fingertips on the coffee mug, impatient

for the ceramic to cool

just a few degrees more

so that you may clutch it tightly,

this favored vessel for

the beverage that reincarnates you

every morning –

your fingertips

settle

and yawn away,

settle

and yawn away,

begging the mug:

“Now?

"How about now?

"Please, now -

I am ready to awake.