Tepid Coffee

I like my coffee semi-warm,

like jacket weather on an extended vacation.

Java that's been sitting around,

beats Joe

burning on a stove top-

I mean 'cmon, poor Joe,

he's been burning for hours.

Let the heretic off the fiery stake,

I want to peer into Galileo's genuine

telescope: a caffeine enriched magnifying lens

of amazing that goes down smoother

then silk.

Stuff that's been steeping for

an hour or two seems better to me,

than an instant tongue scalding

at four hundred degrees

So

I purposely wait for my cup to cool.

My mother will ask, "Why drink tepid coffee?"

But with so much excitement in the morning

already, it's nice that my

coffee can at least be relaxed.