A small ring of tea
Pools beneath the delicate china,
While the spoon clinks against
The walls of the glass
As the tea is stirred.
The sugar crystals shimmer
As they dissolve slowly into the
Spinning steaming froth.

The spoon continues to stir
Even though the crystals have
Long since disappeared.
And the figure stares
Absently into the swirling
Swirling drink.
As his life spins
Uncontrollably
And irrepressibly.