Long Americano Poems

We used to just have a cup of coffee

	Black

		Possibly with milk

			Maybe with sugar

Mostly on Sundays and with cream as a bonus


Today they call it caffe latte or cappuccino

	Americano for the purist

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faint
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Señor Políticamente Incorrecto


(Somewhere in Acapulco, Guerrero ...)


Americano pérdida líder,
no seas un mal perdedor

Traducción de cheers de ébano

Ebony cheers translation:

American loss leader,
don’t be a sore loser

Señor Políticamente Incorrecto,
these Español words 
everybody intuitively do know

Adiós sentimientos

Goodbye feelings,
by...

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This is me
A guitar with no strings
A glass half empty
A bad bean
The blackest sheep

I am in pain
Inside I howl like a grieving mother
Like im decapitated and now my limbs are off. 
I am in pain...

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Shower about 7.30, 
And breakfast is eaten by 8,
Arrive at the office 8.30,
He’s never been known to be late.
Meetings from 9 to 11,
Quick coffee then start them again,
Quick glance through the window at weather,
It looks...

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I’m not your average ghetto schmo,
I’m better than that
Much sharper than those dull D.C. politicos,
me just stating a fact

Another urban legend tidbit,
impo info you should know
Got laid back suburban wit,
I'm ghetto good to go

How do...

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There’s starvation in Africa,
In other parts there’s drought,
Putin’s still in the Ukraine 
Throwing his weight about.
The Barista in this cafe
Is really annoyed with me.
I’ve ordered a black coffee,
Apparently that’s not PC.
Global temperatures  rising,
Polar ice...

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Sometimes, in the mornings,
The morning crows don’t sing—
Perched and preaching by a loblolly.
Breathe in this metanoia,
We all live for it.

And if the morning crows never reverenced,
Sitting at my doorstep,
Waiting for my feet to touch pavement,
I...

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A stammer has been mine all my days
in recent months therapy again did take
but fear ruled through many a situation
what's to do? zero as it couldn't even shake

Many branches of Costa coffee shops
but always busy...

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Having been brought up in the country
we had a dog, cats, and hut full of hens
my job was collecting eggs each day
not realizing these hens would be friends

The first thing I tried to make
would you...

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Behind the barricade of books and papers,
In the earthy rise of espresso grinding,
  Misty jets and the steaming milk,
  Lavish scents and aromas black and silk;
Until the senses swim in their filters,
Percolated with...

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i wanna dance the mambo,the cubin cuba mambo,
i wanna dance the cha cha,hip movements with the cha cha!
or maybe try the salsa, sensual is the salsa.
 
i wanna dance the samba,the fun  brazilian samba,
or...

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--- Matamoros, Café Los Panchos
     mid-1990's

The old panaderia (café y pan de dulce)
on dusty Calle Guerrero between Once y Diez
is noisy and hot.
Sipping their best café con leche
while eating my barra...

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A tribute to the amphetamine of day
Caffeine in all its glorious forms
It’s legal it’s potent
Nobody hounds you
Scrutinizing your intake
Be it social or on your own time
Beyond espresso and the americano
My ultimate favorite being
Chocolate covered coffee...

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Coffee's been a favorite for me
most of my life wherever I've been
in the majority of that time
white with sugar sweet since eighteen

Now you've such a range of coffee
Vanilla, Cappuccino, Latte or black
it really gets to...

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Rigmarole and bagels? Chewy.
Foolishness is hard to swallow;
Wrought iron gates of the cafe,
served up fresh with adagio;

Rippin’ through all that ivory,
nursing an Americano;
The musician in the archway
served up fresh with adagio;

Relax into the melody 
seeping...

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I wish to purchase a coffee I said
confidently and with a grin
what kind of coffee would one like
said she smiling ah but then

my mind ground to a stop
not expecting an education
a simple request for a...

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Here I am sitting in my local
bookshop that is drinking a coffee
Americano no less with hot milk
such fun time to enjoy just me!

Get my kindle out so much choice
really enjoy a real tasty read
nothing too...

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