Humor · Love Dotes on Our Attention

(Over) Caffeinated the Best We Can

By Dave Tebo · June 2024

Positive Love Poetry at its most playful: a couple overdosed on caffeine, heads spinning, ready to blow this worn-out popsicle stand. The visual details are specific: Venti iced quad latte, Trenta white iced tea, stevia from a paper packet, extra shots of caffeine.

Amid the buzz and brain-freeze chaos, the poem lands on what matters: "I've got you, instead, which makes everything perfect when it wasn't before." Humor and devotion, side by side.

On the way to our adventure with a Venti iced quad latte, and a big Trenta white iced tea jazzed up simply with stevia drizzled from a paper packet…. No added cream and gluten-free. Look, the latte is supercharged! Hey, I want a Trenta,too, yet they don’t offer them. But they did sell me a couple of extra shots of Caffeine! Okay, I’m cool, I guess And I’ve got you, instead, which makes everything perfect when it wasn’t before. Whew, this latte gulp blast is a lot like a brain freeze, but it’s more of a body rush spinning my head around, and turbulently sending my due course ship aground. So let’s go, let’s just blow this worn-out popsicle stand. “Hang on, I’ll start up the sounds known as a band.” “Well, I meant that, hey, um, dang, I’m so buzzed.” “I guess you didn’t really need a Trenta after all.” “No, but the price of caffeine….” I give it up. Oh, my head whirls.