Coffee and a Story

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If we were having coffee right now, I’d tell you a story.
A story of my life about someone I met.
I met someone years ago, and she was like me.
Like me in the sense that she loved her coffee.
Her coffee was always black, and her heart otherwise.
Otherwise, we had nothing much common between us.
Between us, though, we throve in our friendship.
Our friendship lasted longer than any coffee
Any coffee could get us talking about any and everything.
And everything would fade away when we began a conversation.
A conversation, that would transcend borders of territory and time.
And time, though, in time, caught up with our friendship too.
Friendship, too, I realised, would grow cold if left alone.
Left alone coffee would wither, and so did our relationship.
Our relationship that started from a coffee, ended the same way.
Same way we went, but we no longer looked at the same horizons.

Let’s Have Coffee

If we were having coffee…

I’d tell you I’m in Thekkady

That I’m basking in the lawn

While trying to stifle a yawn

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If we were having coffee…

I’d tell you I’ll write about it

Make some posts, take snaps

Even about me taking naps

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If we were having coffee…

I’d tell you how great it is

To sip steamy chai, to gaze

and make a hoopla for a thepla

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If we were having coffee…

I’d tell you I’m in Thekkady

That I see it’s god’s own country.

Or that I had scheduled this post.

If We Were Having Coffee…

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you how much I love coffee
though it keeps me up at night
when I just want to sleep

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you how much I tried to quit
that I almost succeeded,
but always lost the will.

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you it’s not an addiction
that it’s good for your health,
promotes metabolism and weight loss

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you I drink to stay in shape
but more so to stay sane.
Also to you, and your health.

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you I can quit anytime
Can, though I’d rather not.
And smile at your raised eyebrows.

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you how much I love coffee
And warn you to “drink up,”
Or pass the cup.