when coffee must change

i was a man caught in the trap of cans

she was to teach me about beans

the complexity it all entailed

put beans into a grinder, put in a filter

be sure it has been reduced to powder

turn on the coffee maker

it is more complex than one thinks

i was used to setting it all up the night before

then all you do is hit the button

but beans require they be freshly mauled

i require less sleep than most humans

what with now having someone asleep

i am conscious of noise i may generate

and that grinder does not have a silencer

you can see my problem

until, with her there is always until

when i took the complexity of it all to her
the addition of the noisy grinder

she replied as she always does

silly man, there are three joys i have

with every rising sun

the whirl of the grinder

knowing coffee will be brought to me

and that first kiss it brings

so i succumb but once more

to the logic of the woman i love
the whirl of the grinder now makes sense
and between us, her coffee is the better
the coffee pot has even validated this
in those gurgles, ah cinnamon

2/20/19