self-portrait in caffeine

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Coffee is to dreams
ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ what a thin layer of oil over
the breeding pond
ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤis to the mosquito larvae.

All these day dreams we wreath;
ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤcoffee beans elongating
& animating into a Jack,
ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ slaying the giant..
the myth that Hypnos
ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ always keep ground coffee
behind his lower lip
ㅤ like tobacco to keep from dreams
well I just made this one up
ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ but does it matter
a myth’s a myth.

ㅤ ㅤ But coffee is never good to me.
Never was. According to my
ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ doctors not for my kidneys.
& my insomniac sleep.

ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ Coffee is to my Melpomene
what wardrobe malfunction
ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤis to a Beyoncé concert.

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