Ode to a Coffeeshop
I am sitting in my favorite local coffeeshop, which thankfully isn't Starbucks, but I have recently heard that they will be closing down due to the high costs of rent in my town, so in fact I shall be left with...Starbucks. Ugh.
Oh Higley's, I'm sad to see you go
I pray you say it isn't so,
But if in truth it must surely be
(Alas, alack the day for me!),
I'll miss your ice-cold Mona Moka,
Much more than simple Coca-Cola
And I know my written sense is lacking,
In uneven metre and random clacking,
Because, lost, I cannot say
In pretty words "I wish you'd stay."
I am no poet,
And now everyone knows it!
But what can I do,
If I can't write an ode to you
When my heart desires
And the muse requires?
So now I go, with heavy heart
Both for your loss and my literary art,
(Or lack thereof, as the case may be).
And know that I will forever be,
Faithful to your memory
Oh my Higley's.
Oh Higley's, I'm sad to see you go
I pray you say it isn't so,
But if in truth it must surely be
(Alas, alack the day for me!),
I'll miss your ice-cold Mona Moka,
Much more than simple Coca-Cola
And I know my written sense is lacking,
In uneven metre and random clacking,
Because, lost, I cannot say
In pretty words "I wish you'd stay."
I am no poet,
And now everyone knows it!
But what can I do,
If I can't write an ode to you
When my heart desires
And the muse requires?
So now I go, with heavy heart
Both for your loss and my literary art,
(Or lack thereof, as the case may be).
And know that I will forever be,
Faithful to your memory
Oh my Higley's.

2 Comments:
At 3:01 PM ,
thelittlekappa said...
Sorry I haven't responded to the many comments that you've posted on my site, and thank you for your insights (especially the most recent one with the quote from "Ulysses".) I've been unkind to wait so long to respond. I'm here to rectify that.
Not a poet, huh? I enjoyed your ode.
PS it would be great if you could post a link to you blogger blog on your xanga.
At 5:09 PM ,
grackyfrogg said...
thanks for stopping by, thelittlekappa! and no apologies required. i'm glad you enjoyed my poem. :)
and i have done as you suggested, linking my blog to my xanga site. good call...
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