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Air Freshener

water was showering over me

warm steam with coffee scented molecules


quenching the dry air.

a thought was in my mind:

porcelain can’t hold coffee grounds.

something nice would be fresher air

as fresh as frenchly pressed coffee.

 

so, in my thoughts, i dripped on the rug

and made footprints over to cup one

(it was wasting heat, losing steam)

so i used the momentum

of its northward-traveling aroma.

 

an air freshener was made

(as i turned the cup in my hand)

to a catapult of filtered black sand

no grounds to spill, but coffee’s scent

poured through the air as it went.

 

lifted level, tipped right askew,

my nostrils flared as coffee flew.

the air freshener that was thought

occupied a braid of air,

perfect aroma.

then liquid’s caught.

gathered by carpet, furniture and clothes,

coffee no longer kissing my nose.

 

my eyes open,

the warm steam is still around.

thoughts no longer on coffee grounds,

but rather the soap in my hair

and on warm cup one

still waiting there.

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Oct 28, 2010
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