Old coffee

Years ago, I had a secretary

Who’d lecture me on coffee cup hygiene

Wash away weeks of hard earned residue

I’d tell her coffee was too weak

That old coffee added just enough flavor

To the Folgers in my cup

She’d walk back to her desk, mutter

You can make the coffee tomorrow

Next day, I’d come in with coffee,

Bagels and cream cheese

She’d point to a full pot of coffee

We’d laugh – friends, again…..until

She tried to lectured me about

Hygiene and old coffee in my cup

10-5-20