07.14.07
Enticed by the Bean
Pssst… It summoned provocatively…
It calls in the early afternoon when the body is slowed down by remnants of lunch’s cholesterol.
Pssst… It invited with its sultry, deep,
burnt sienna voice…
It knows when I am most vulnerable.
Pssst… It puffed its intoxicating Arabian breath.
It begins to awaken my saturated senses.
Pssst… It whispered stamina through my nostrils.
I give in to its bidding like an obedient hypnotic.
Pssst… Pssst… It became more insistent.
I hasten to imbibe this rich enigma.
Pssst… Pssst… Pssst…
From the espresso machine oozed the thick essence of it all.
In my demitasse, the condensed centuries of Arabian nights.
Pssssssssssst… it crept lusciously inside me.
I absorb it. I was roused.
Open Sesame. I am awake.
Pssst… It calls you, too.
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As soon as Coffee falls into the stomach there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop… the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle. ~ Honoré de Balzac
Coffee: Induces wit. ~ Gustave Flaubert
Coffee is real good when you drink it it gives you time to think. It’s a lot more than just a drink; it’s something happening. Not as in hip, but like an event, a place to be, but not like a location, but like somewhere within yourself. It gives you time, but not actual hours or minutes, but a chance to be, like be yourself, and have a second cup. ~ Gertrude Stein
For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned
The berries crackle, and the mill turns round …
At once they gratify their scent and taste
And frequent cups prolong the rich repast…
Coffee which makes the politician wise
And see through all things with his half-shut eyes. ~ Alexander Pope
Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical. ~ Jonathan Swift
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Bulak said,
July 14, 2007 at 6:05 am
Galaway na lang noon ko…love it to the last drop!;=)
miRacLe said,
July 14, 2007 at 6:07 am
It’s a good thing silingan ra nimu ang Caffe Antonina, Auntie. hehehe =)
strangefits said,
July 14, 2007 at 10:23 am
mir ingon sa akong labor standards professor pag makalimot mi —>do yo drink kopi?drink kopi, it will help you to remember. =)
miRacLe said,
July 14, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Hmmm… now I am not really sure if there’s scientific truth in that, but in my experience, it does help, and Balzac says so too; “things remembered arrive at full gallop” =)
Although that may also depend on the kind of coffee… for me, it must be espresso.
Nescafé no es café.
Instant coffee is not coffee.
Mexican Quote
hehe… =)
inkolinkoy said,
December 8, 2008 at 5:50 pm
philosophical? i agree. but will you agree if i say that too much coffee shrinks cups?
hahaha
Miracle ♪♫ said,
December 8, 2008 at 5:57 pm
I know what you mean by “cups”, silly… and I don’t believe you. hahaha =P