VIETNAMESE COFFEE

VIETNAMESE COFFEE                                                            Virginia Gow   10/12/12

This

Misty morning

Black crow a’calling

Cherry tree’s drooping branches

Tis  a somber Spring morning.

Time

For cake.

Warm oven, a’bake.

‘Grandma’ smell through home

Puff overflow white paper patty.

Place

Tiny tin

Over kitchen mug.

Black, strong dripping coffee

Seeps warmly, gently flowing down.

Why 

Are you

So happy now?

Food for the soul!

Softly sounds the meditation melody.

Remember

Distant land.

Vietnamese coffee cup

Purchased at discrete market

Sit, sipping fluid, whilst people

Swirl around, slowly moving through time.