Day 3 - 1.29.13

Prompt for: January 29, 2013
Subject or Theme: Tasting Tapioca (or some other yummy food)
Word(s) to Include: sunshine
Forbidden Word(s): good, like(s), love(s), taste(d/ing), tasty
Additional Parameters: Describe the taste of a food you love. You can describe it in other ways too, but make sure you include taste. Title it or add an author's note to let me know what food you chose if it's not mentioned within the poem itself. MAXIMUM 40 LINES.


Hubby Mud

Thirteen hours at the daily grind--
beyond exhausted. But
awaiting me will be
a cup of my husband’s coffee.
I can smell it the moment
I come in the door.

He calls it mud. Freshly ground.
Earthy. Lifeblood.
Black Ichor Of Life: Ambrosian Black Silk
swirled with shaken milk,
hot, steamy caramel
sweetness and
I perk.

Infusion of caffeine: I’d consider an IV,
but I’d miss the aroma--
just brewed sunshine:
the essence of home.
Coffee: a smile,
flavored with his sense of humor,
enhanced by the fact
that he made it, delivered it into waiting hands,
mug warmed hands,
along with a hug.

No, it is a hug. Better, a kiss:
dancing over lips and tongue,
sweet and sassy: a strong bite,
erasing any need to brood.
Waking from the dregs of my day;
relaxing into the night.
Sure, I can make a cup of coffee.
But he makes it better.


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