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Ode to Caffeine
warm comfort between my throbbing hands…
1 min readJul 10, 2019
The morning begins
with a brain squished
by sleep.
I crawl out of my cave and
caress my morning
beverage,
all hot and toasty,
warm comfort in between
my throbbing hands.
Today is another day.
To conquer the world
or to fall in a haze.
But at least for a few hours,
I have the little blaze
of a caffeinated drink
to unspool my brain.
Sam Ripples is an essayist and novelist living in southern Colorado. She has an interest in words that provide the mind, body, and soul with rejuvenation and hope. You can follow her on Twitter here.
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