# I Am Told # Poem by Marvin Brato Sr

For forty four years now

Each morning I woke up

I go straight to prepare

A cup of coffee for my wife



It's a ritual that I do

For forty four years

Not that she asks for it
But it's what I love to do



Love is what commands me

To lit a kettle to boil a water

For she likes it when its so hot

A coffee she drinks quite early



Suddenly, now that it's our anniversary

I do the thing I 've been doing ever since

We got married for forty four years back

Yet for the first time I am told just so today

That the coffee I served her now tasted bad