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Hot Coffee MAG
January 26, 2015
“Go on, take a sip”
$5.00 Starbucks coffee lifts to my lips
You watched me with big eyes as
I attempted to hide
the shock jolting through my body
because the mug was too hot.
You made me wait ten minutes
before drinking again
but by then
the whipped cream hat had melted
and the sugar was clumped
at the bottom of the mug.
“Drink up,” you said,
“It’s a $5.00 cup”
My throat still burned
but now the brown sea was so cold
it made my lips hurt
“Go on”
“Drink up”
© Hannah U., Staten Island, NY
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