Poetry of Issue #8        Page 34

Coffee Is a Wonderful Thing:

Coffee is a wonderful thing:
The smell of it in the morning,
the taste, the burning hot sen-
sation on one’s tongue. The sense
of accomplishment which comes
from brewing good coffee.
The satisfaction, as its scent
stems from the cup to your nostrils,
of knowing, “This is my work. I
have brewed good coffee.”

No matter what may occur in
the world, no matter what pressures,
crimes, injustices, evils crush
down on us – as long as it is
possible for one to sit with a
cup of good coffee, there is reason
for hanging on to life.