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VAS
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0 posted 2001-06-10 11:49 AM


Please note that this was written last year.  I've only had 3 cups of coffee this morning, uh, I think.


Oh, Can’t You See!
Virginia Salter

I only had two and a half cups of coffee
well, two and a half mugs of coffee
well, guess that’d be five cups of coffee
but I had them all fore nine a.m.

then I had a cup of Pepsi
well, it was a paper cup, you know the Dixie cup
well, it was a forty-four ounce Dixie cup
so, that’s um...five and a half cups of Pepsi

at dinner, at Chen’s, I had some tea
don’t look at me
like that, you see,
it was those tiny little cups
that only hold a few, some drops
and I only drank half the pot
that’s all I had today

no coffee after nine a.m.
I don’t know why you think I am
hopped up on caffeine like Sam,
telling tales, Green Eggs and Ham
or crying out in deprivation
of sleep and rest and relaxation
like certain respondents at the circle
bouncing ‘round as young Steve Erkle

caffeine doesn’t bother me at all
it only helps my limbs stand tall
from lack of sleep and where-with-all,
I’d be unable to catch or toss a ball
so give it a rest and pray for me
I need some sleep, oh can’t you see!


© June 10,  2000

© Copyright 2001 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
Denise
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1 posted 2001-06-10 03:59 PM


This is deligtful, Virginia!!
Logan
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2 posted 2001-06-10 04:04 PM


WEll, Vas, I certainly can't see why you can't sleep, must me something you are eating, I would have a cup of coffee and ponder on that one if I were you.  One spoon of sugar or two?...gentle smile
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3 posted 2001-06-10 04:24 PM


this was really delighted Vas, reminds me that I haven't had coffee since this morning....  

loved it.

Charisma

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4 posted 2001-06-12 01:48 PM


being a coffee non-addict, i feel inadequate to respond here...ha!!
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5 posted 2001-06-12 01:57 PM


(chuckling)

Pass me the coffee pot would you... I didn't sleep well last night and haven't yet today
gone on my caffiene flight


Lone Wolf
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6 posted 2001-06-12 03:00 PM


You drank all that and can't see?  Imagine that!  LOL.  This was neat, Virginia!

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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7 posted 2001-06-12 03:14 PM


Big grins   Well done.  Write on.
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