Caffeine Addict

This very morning when I awoke, I thought someone had played a joke. I checked the pot, it was bone dry. I checked the pantry and started to cry - no coffee!

So, I got dressed for work...real slow. I had no drive, no pep, no go. I drove to work, barely awake - I wanted to stop but I was already late - no coffee!

I parked the car and walked inside, but when I heard the news I almost died. The vendor took the machine away, and it damned sure won't be back today - no coffee!

The boss said that we should not worry, he'd send for caffeine in a hurry. But when it arrived, in thermos bright, it seemed to lack the usual bite of coffee.

No Columbian or Kona blend, nor even French roast dwelt within. It was a mix, exotic flavors, that only yuppie scum could savor - not coffee!

A mocha-chino-berry stink that no one in that crowd would drink. That morning dragged incessantly, and no one acted pleasantly - no coffee!

When lunch time came we fled the scene of the luke-warm, slurpy, berry thing. We marched down to the restaurant and told the waitress, "All we want is coffee"!

By end of day no one was tired. The caffeine high had everyone wired. I've learned my lesson, oh so well, that without coffee life is hell. And I'm an addict, monster, fiend, and slave unto the coffee bean - yeah, coffee.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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De Beaulieu Avatar
February 24, 2018 at 12:21 PM
Hello John Fox,I had to go through one day without coffee I was like I was like a zombie all day.I sure need my coffee to begin my day. Have a nice day my friend.
A  Avatar
May 28, 2016 at 12:42 PM
JOHN FOX, well penned. Enjoyed reading your thoughts and words today. *SKAT*
Woods    Avatar
January 18, 2016 at 11:34 AM
Love the pace of this poem the Rhyme and repetition. Pleased you got fix too : )
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