“Your morning
cup of coffee may start to taste even better after a major government study
found that frequent coffee drinkers have a lower risk of dying from a variety
of diseases, compared with people who drink little or no coffee.” –Tara Parker-Pope
frankly,
my dear tara,
i
give a damn that in
my
adopted city
the
family’s designated
go-to-the-grocery
person has complained
of
a shortage of coffee filters
&
suggested we start re-using used ones
at
which i blanched & turned
coffee-creamer
white
for
three days now i’ve begun
my
mornings with scalding hot tea
un-sugared
un-creamed
in
keeping with a stray school of vegan thought
that
says it’s healthier
the
only way i’m taking this tea
is
to imagine myself again in
a
hongkong noodle place at rush hour
where
once i asked for service water
&
the harried waiter with nose up in the air
dumped
a pitcher of hot water on our table
with
some of it almost splashing on
my tourist lap
tea
rhymes with mussolini
linguine
& eeeeeee
i
silently scream like
the
figure in munch’s “the scream”
wondering
when the supermarket
suppliers
will put filters
on
the shelves again & i can have
my
wake-me-up-before-i-go-go
cup
of, now the experts say, longevity
out
with this imposed
breakfast
of oatmeal with dried fruits
&
prunes taken with hot tea
in
with aromatic coffee brewed
&
sprinkled with cinnamon
paired
with sliced bread
that has been thickly
lathered
with genuine salted butter
you say that someone’s
hoarding ’em filters,
& you
think that they are now part
of
the underground market’s prized commodities?
well then, bring out an orphaned sock
&
let it do the filtering job
~Babeth Lolarga
May 19, 2012
6:50 a.m.
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| Photo of grandmother who had just had her afternoon cuppa coffee at Baguio's Hill Station, thus sufficiently fortifying her for another romp with grandchild Butones, by Kimi Fernandez |
Source of quote:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/coffee-drinkers-may-live-longer/?src=me&ref=general
