CUP WARMER
His first task upon getting out of bed
Is to mindlessly make coffee and wait
Anticipating the first cup but before that
There is the ritual of the cup warmer
A quarter cup of coffee too hot to drink
In a cold cup turns out to be
Just the right temperature.
Added to the pleasure of the first taste is the
Whisp of a Smile which comes with the
Memory of a moment, long ago, when
There were hopes that she would love
Him as he did her, she had said,
“Oh, I warm my cup in the same way.”
Ah!, he had thought, “She and I have this in common.
We could wake and warm our cups together.”
That was long ago and
Those two cups are forever cold.