Coffee ghazal
Posted by Rich Magahiz Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:04:00 GMT
Just log in with username ‘coffee’,
The password, of course, also ‘coffee.’
The password, of course, also ‘coffee.’
Kiss me with your Sunday morning mouth
I want to taste that strong black coffee.
I want to taste that strong black coffee.
There is something I have to tell you.
I met someone, skin black as coffee….
I met someone, skin black as coffee….
Officials said the house was empty,
steam rising from two mugs of coffee.
steam rising from two mugs of coffee.
From the exercise yard he looked back ’
The smell of someone brewing coffee.
The smell of someone brewing coffee.
She moved the floor lamp a foot to the right,
but could not hide the stain of coffee.
but could not hide the stain of coffee.
The edge of a shaft of sun
bisects the surface of my coffee.
bisects the surface of my coffee.
If there is any hope of heaven for us,
let it be a place with good coffee.
let it be a place with good coffee.
Hidden in the forest shadows,
a tiny plot planted with coffee.
a tiny plot planted with coffee.
The last Space Station resupply craft:
It brought but oxygen and coffee.
It brought but oxygen and coffee.
When I look into your nut-brown eyes
I need a couple cups of coffee.
I need a couple cups of coffee.
She fainted on the waiting room floor
poisoned, they say, by so-called coffee.
poisoned, they say, by so-called coffee.
We should never have opened her will;
terms burning hotter than fresh coffee.
terms burning hotter than fresh coffee.
The Rabbi spoke slowly for all to hear
“Your misdeeds call for tepid coffee.”
“Your misdeeds call for tepid coffee.”
When she was only a willful child
she laid schemes to get hold of coffee.
she laid schemes to get hold of coffee.
The Chinese invented many things,
but the one they forgot was coffee.
but the one they forgot was coffee.
Two hands clasp a cracked mug of coffee.
You take your God. This fool takes coffee.
You take your God. This fool takes coffee.
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