Humor · Love Dotes on Our Attention
(Over) Caffeinated the Best We Can
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.