Ode to Kava Instant Coffee

Kava, my Kava, on cold mornings I come to you.
You sit patiently in the cupboard, asking only for hot water.
You dissolve in an instant; you give yourself completely.
Kava, lovely Kava, you spark the pilot light of my brain.
I flare up like a furnace.
I burn only for you.

Kava, fickle and petulant,
There are times when I cannot find you.
The discount store says you have run out;
They don't know when you will be back.
Another store carries you no longer.
You leave no forwarding address.

I confess, my little beverage of love, having lost you
I turned away
And tried another brand.
If Maxwell House was good enough for Mississippi John,
It would be good enough for me:

What folly!

The cool blue label belied the acid-y gut-bomb within.
I tasted the bitterness of my regret
for many hours afterward.

Your perky red cap flitted through my consciousness,
A reminder of better days
Now so distant.

Kava, my Kava!
Return to me, my love.
I want to wake up
to your smell, your taste, your crunchy freeze-dried thingies.
Humble and penitent,
I kneel before you and make my choice:
Buy direct.

I will gladly pay shipping.

Comments

[ange]

I found kava coffee at Cub Foods in Forest Lake - it might be worth your drive :)

[Becca]

Hey, I found some at the Cub in Har-Mar -- and now I know there's a Forest Lake back-up. Phew!