tall, bold and black
Filled up with himself
and too hot to handle
Pretending to be real
forgetting he
was decaf
He couldn’t smell
her storm brewing
patricia
spreng
having
a little fun with d’Verse poets on Open Link Night… come and read the wonderful
words of poets.
Fun :)
ReplyDeleteoh it sounds like he is in trouble...
ReplyDeleteand i will take my coffee black...smiles...
Thank you, I needed that laugh, very clever.
ReplyDeleteHumorously caffeinated, but oh so incisive.
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Love this! Excellent.
ReplyDeleteDecaf, noooo. that's Joe's first problem. proper coffee has caffeine
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Delightful! You make me smile.
ReplyDeletehaha...so cool...one should never forget that one is decaf...haha...thanks for the smile and sorry i'm so late...long day at work with business dinner in the evening...just about to drink a strong, non-decaf coffee...smiles
ReplyDelete"But always forgetting
ReplyDeletehe was decaf"
That made me smile. :-)
LOVE this one, Pat. LOVE my real regular Joe, too. =)
ReplyDeleteLove the wordplay. Very clever. It's that same ying/yang concisely written. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis one has me grinning.
ReplyDeleteSo fun...second poem in a row featuring "Joe." Makes me want to brew another pot!
ReplyDeleteThe economy of style in this makes its impact that much greater. Nice turns of phrase and wordplay. I hope the storm blew over!
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