Morning Coffee

One needs to transition

from the liminal state

of sleep

to the necessary degree of wakefulness

I use coffee to jump start the process

Locally sourced green beans roasted to perfection

although Trader Joes French Roast will do

the coffee mill whirles

the danish steel grinding the beans

to a fine espresso ready powder

the chilled and distilled water

completes the prep

the stove top espresso machine

transforms the ingredients

to that marvelous 

life giving concoction

that helps me hang on

adding serious amounts of  milk and sugar

I stir and count at least fify formicidae

It's ant season after all

Happy Monday