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Takeaway Coffee

By Odd Magazine on Sep 1, 2019Jan 26, 2021

A Poem

By Emma Michelle Porter

I try to sip takeaway coffee tentatively,
I’ve burnt my tongue too many times.

A takeaway coffee gets me through long lectures,
the traffic home.

I try to sip tentatively, slowly, but eventually let it envelope me
the foamy light top and the bitter fuel
just one sugar these days

Like a grown up.

I try to fall for people tentatively,
I’ve hurt myself too many times.

Developing a crush gets me through the boredom,
the loneliness.

I try to fall tentatively, slowly, but eventually let it envelope me
the fluffy light start and the fuel for bitterness
half the amount of hope these days

Like a grown up.


Category: Issue 20: Control, Poetry
Tags: Emma Michelle Porter, Odd Magazine, Poem, Poetry

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