Short Frappe Poems

     Stay loose
     as goose

     Uptight
     can't write

     Quick nap
     sip frappe

     Smile wide
     hit stride

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Frappe Birthday!
I hope that your special day is a latte fun!
Remember that I'll make you a coffee drink,
espresso-ly for you!
You mocha me so happy,
Bottomless love,
Bridget...

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of politics

my conscience speaks,
i tamper it down,
blend it with ice
and plenty of lies,
spin wild tales
of the frappe sea,
and make them drink.

this liquid amalgamation 
is like the salty sea -
driving them mad,
filling them with dread,
waves lapping overhead,
killing them dead.

Kim Rodrigues ©2016...

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I ordered a caramel latte
But changed my mind when I saw the minty frappe
Is it too late to….
No, the friendly barista told me.
She put the latte aside and began anew.
A soda jerk next to her handed another customer a rainbow drink.
A RAINBOW DRINK!
I want one of those, I told my barista.
She no longer looked so friendly.
“Too,” I added....

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So my aunts dying - 
    a dispassionate aside
        over coffee, Saturday
No point in crying
    bitter death taken in stride
        and a sugary frappe

How fit the topic?
     Heated chemicals imbibe
        Caffeinating hollow sounds 
Reflect myopic
     Her death we fein to describe
         with muffins and coffee grounds

Saturday, January 16th 2016...

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