Coffee #56
August 7, 2000

I am that whom no one slights.
if you forget about me for too long
I will become bitter, and wipe
the dust of my shoes
on your wandering tongue.

Bide by my patience
I have a hot temper that burns
the greedy and those who speak too quickly.

I taste of cigarettes and sleepy eyes.
At least five days a week
You and I walk into the brightness.
Together- we battle the
strike of the sun
and the anxiety of sobriety.