Bitchy

bitchy

In the morning now
there is a rage
at waking, 
carrying this pain,
from dreams of fleet 
footed joy.

I won’t speak until
tea is poured into
my mumbling soul.
Everything is 
dusted with a fine 
layer of gripes.  I polish 
with my housecoat sleeve.

It is the kettles fault
this itchy feeling of 
discontent which rides
me.  Yes, today it is 
the kettles fault 
for being too slow.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Emu Avatar
September 28, 2017 at 12:35 AM
You should try the kettle on the wood stove, now that is a wait! I must do something about that one day, I actually had a can of beer one morning waiting for the kettle to boil (naughty as I was), the tea tasted a bit different. Regards, Craig
Cresswell Avatar
September 28, 2017 at 12:53 AM
oh but Craig the heat from a wood stove is is comforting on a cold morning. Then again the need for the first cuppa hard choice. Do you live away in the country? Can you use an electric kettle? Thanks for reading my poem.
Fleming Avatar
September 27, 2017 at 2:11 PM
Hhmm...I have been there myself: awaking from contented dreams disappointed to find that the whole woken world now awaits you...tea will go a little way in helping to sooth that out...it always does. Hope you get a comfortable nights sleep tonight, Patricia. :) john
Cresswell Avatar
September 27, 2017 at 3:57 PM
Yes tea is my solace. Just an old curmudgeon I kind cantankerous in the a.m. Thank you for your understanding.
Flats Avatar
September 27, 2017 at 9:28 AM
Elixirs & potions streamline our notions. Coffee for me, then I can see. Enjoyed this 'un, made me smile... and think! (after two cups;-) ~ j
Cresswell Avatar
September 27, 2017 at 3:58 PM
Sounds like you are brewing up something tasty. lol a two supper eh!
Cozart Avatar
September 27, 2017 at 8:26 AM
VERY clever. And I'm right there with you.
Cresswell Avatar
September 27, 2017 at 4:02 PM
I wonder if it is a characteristic of poets. Thanks for dropping by it is well past morning so I am human again.
Stars Avatar
September 27, 2017 at 8:25 AM
ahh ... the kettle with whistle blown pots ... what is a wait for time ... this table you prepared ... here ... hold my hand ... let's wait together ... my how your beauty takes me in ... the morning sun shined through the window ... how your flesh glows with love ... my mind nor heart could ever escape from this moment ... how tender you have made this man ... that i would count the letters in a day to touch you with words isay ... come ... let us wait together ... time is but a pedals of love.
Cresswell Avatar
September 27, 2017 at 4:06 PM
This is a beautiful poem in itself. Do you like warm croissants I will put them in to heat to have with butter and jam and the tea. Thank you for your morning greeting.
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