Coffee, God's Gift With A Lift! Poem by Denis Martindale

Where would I be without coffee?
Asleep on the keyboard, no doubt.
Computer still humming to me,
While I was still snoring, flat out.

Both arms just dangling, uncaring,
My tongue drooping down on the mouse,
Without a new poem for sharing,
While there, all alone, in my house.

Where would I be with some coffee?
My word, I'd be typing like mad.
Rhyming with glee… quite merrily…
And feeling like I'm mighty glad.

A brand new poem's on its way.
I thank God that I'm still awake,
'Cos when I'm thirsty, that's O.K.,
I'll pause for my next coffee break.

I'll watch the kettle boil again,
No matter, as long as I write…
Until that time, that moment when,
I KNOW THAT I MUST SAY, GOOD-NIGHT!


Denis Martindale. July 2020.