When you’ve got the jitters, the best respite is poetry.
Without further ado, Ode to Caffeine:
Caffeine
bullet train
ripping between
alleyway neurons.
Strong cup,
keeps me up
raging at dawn
singing my own songs.
Wild brew
shooting through
a star-blown mind;
rapture in the night.
Sip, Sip
jump and skip,
alive and wired;
ecstatic mind-fire!
Heart beats!
machine gun!
stocatto fire!
A soul-rage live wire!
Black Joe,
lean and mean
keeps my soul clean
reaching ever higher.
Caffeine —
drug of choice;
Maddening muse of
Galvanizing visions!
Stained teeth
grounds-powdered
fingers stabbing
delectable keys!
Restless
jittering.
Can’t stop moving
to the rhythm of nerves!
Sunrise
bloodshot eyes
Reborn once more;
An espresso-laden embryo!
Tylor James 