my best friend asked me out to coffee
and I decided to try the Chai tea
it was supposed to taste like pumpkin spice
and make me warm and happy inside
as much as I like to try something different
this didn’t settle well with me
to take this vulnerable moment to tell me something
so horrible instead
oh yes, tea to soften me up
to make me comfortable and secure as the
truth comes out like black, burnt poison
into my cup. I have to sit politely and hold it
because we’re in public and its not proper to
lunge across the table and strangle or stab
your lunch partner to death on a Saturday afternoon
so I swallow the news, and set down my drink
vowing never again to enjoy Chai tea
vowing never again to enjoy best friends that
construct a trap with coffee houses
my husband asked me out to coffee
and I decided to take it black
it was supposed to taste like bitter grounds
and it was at least as gritty as advertised
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