COFFEE IS COOL

Aromatic coffee
poured from the pot
not ready to drink
much too hot

I dropped an ice cube
into the steam
then I heard
the ice cube scream

I took my spoon
and fished it out
then I heard
the ice cube shout

"Don't ever do that
again you fool
blow on the coffee
to make it cool!"

© John McCrea, Lincoln, Nebraska
Published with Permission