Starbucks Doodling

café, coffee, and people watching...

Starbucks Doodling

 

Verona stirs a creamy song,

while Kona wears colorful leis

and I watch people and cars pass by,

looking like pumpkin spice latte.

 

          As I wait for my coffee,

          a much-needed triple shot expresso,

          the bathroom line grows longer.

 

                    We use to share a double

                    mocha cappuccino latte, now

                    not even a caramel swirl

                    calls to me,

                    all I drink now is

                    dark and bitter.

 

                              This dark roast

                              burns going down,

                              its bitter taste

                              reminds me of my smoldering heart.

 

Traffic snarls with horns,

people walk heads down oblivious

to pending societal encounters;

some things, not even cheap coffee,

can be fixed in metropolitan ameriKKKa.

Something much stronger is needed-

a sizzling caramel frappe

triple shot revolution.

And please, make it snappy.

 

Aztec Warrior/redzone  2.8.17

Author's Note

...thanks for reading... enjoy the music..

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

Poetry written in a coffee shop is always divine! So much to observe while sitting there...especially if your seat is at the window. In today's world, most people walk with heads down looking at an iPhone screen. There is little person to person contact anymore. A triple shot revolution? Hmmmm....your political views snuck in there methinks. You may be drinking bitter blends, but your poetry is "nice" and smooth. lydi**

[redzone]

sneaky aren't I .... lol... I love writing in that café, interesting people and music and coffee all contribute to a sense of, a need to write... and in a few moments many images gather and demand to be written down to be heard... so thank you my friend for listening to these images and your review and your "nice" visit...