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The Fiend

Dratted addictive molecule....

By Meredith HarmonPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Ahhhh, much better! Banana for scale. Slurp, slurp, sluuuuuuuurp....

We cannot be out of coffee, I have deadlines to meet!

Have you checked the cabinet? There's air inside my mug!

Get me caffeine, don't care what kind, not bitter, nor too sweet.

******

Don't stand there staring stupidly! Hustle before I yeet

Your laptop out the window for being far too smug.

We cannot be out of coffee, I have deadlines to meet!

******

Don't care what doom the weather holds, be it rain, hail, snow, or sleet,

Get in the car and procure for me the best inspiring drug,

Get me caffeine, don't care what kind, not bitter, nor too sweet.

******

Cola? Fine. Chai? Okay. Black tea's like smoky peat,

But a triple shot espresso is like a warming hug,

We cannot be out of coffee, I have deadlines to meet!

******

Get me the darkest chocolate you'd ever want to meet

If they're out of mocha macchiatos yet again – ugh!

Get me caffeine, don't care what kind, not bitter, nor too sweet.

******

You got it?? You're not joking now? For real? YESSS! Such a feat!

I'll start on work as soon as I've demolished my elixir chug,

We cannot be out of coffee, I have deadlines to meet!

Get me caffeine, don't care what kind, not bitter, nor too sweet.

humor

About the Creator

Meredith Harmon

Mix equal parts anthropologist, biologist, geologist, and artisan, stir and heat in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, sprinkle with a heaping pile of odd life experiences. Half-baked.

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  • Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock2 years ago

    What possible villanelle or villanelless would dare abscond with such necessities!!!!? (Yes, it took me a long time to understand that villanelles have nothing to do with villains when Mike first introduced the form to me.)

  • Grz Colm2 years ago

    Hahah. Excellent work Meredith! ☕️ 👏

  • Andrei Z.2 years ago

    Banana for scale, huh? Ugh, drinking small innocent molecules 😶

  • TheSpinstress 2 years ago

    A hilarious take on the Villanelle. :D

  • K. Kocheryan2 years ago

    "Hustle before I yeet Your laptop--" Hilarious line lol. Nice Job.

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