August 2, 2013 - Wake up with the hiccups

I wake up with the hiccups,

my coffee jones is down on me -

I stumble to the kitchen,

still some powder left in the grinder

from yesterday’s yesterdays –

I fire up the kettle – twice-boiled

water will do just fine, thank you.

My hiccups are getting worse…

The french press is full of sludge.

I pour the sludge out - most of it -

what remains will season the new batch,

sort of like making yogurt.  The whistle

is blowing, the water is boiling again. 

Won’t be long now.  Won’t be long.