The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Mon 2/2/2009)

[RetroLounge]

Coffee Corner

The large bowls of coffee at breakfast in France,
the heavy porcelain cups in old American diners,
the disposable brown plastic cups in motel lobbies,

the feeling that you ought to drink the entire cup,
the slight resentment you feel at feeling this way,
the wondering why you do it then,

the gratitude for someone’s making the coffee,
the decision not to have a third free refill,
the surprise of a really bad cup of coffee,

the way it used to cost a nickel, then seven cents, then ten,
and now anywhere from sixty cents to three seventy-five,
sometimes a little more for decaffeinated,

the brown print of it drying on the cup’s lip,
the small amount left in the bottom,
the rest of it sloshing inside you,

sending its stimulation through tubes
in your body, hello, let’s go, we’re late, do
you have the keys, oh god I can’t find my wallet

Ron Padgett

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RL

[blueraven95]

1. morning!

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[RetroLounge]

2. Morning

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RL

[XemaSab]

3. .

:coffee:

[RetroLounge]

7. LOL

:donut:

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RL

[Chorophyll]

4. the way it used to cost

two dollars, then three dollars, then four,
and now anywhere from four-fifty to 3.8 billion,
sometimes a little more for mocha-chocolatta-mama-cinnakooler-macchiato,
vente.

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[RetroLounge]

8. ...

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RL

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. perfect!!

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[RetroLounge]

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RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear Retro!

Hey, who let this guy inside all our heads anyway?

Great poem!

Thank you, sweetie...

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[RetroLounge]

10. ...

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RL