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There’s a relatable tug-of-war here between wanting to move forward and finding every comfortable excuse to stay exactly where you are, with the sun and clock quietly reminding the speaker that time isn’t waiting. The last “One more cup of coffee” is the perfect little surrender—it undercuts all that determination with the wonderfully human truth that sometimes the first step is just another damn cup of coffee.
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Backdeckbenny (Peter) wrote a new post
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There’s a damn clean erotic metaphor here, with the unripe tomato carrying desire in its tension—green, clenched, sun-warmed, and waiting for the moment when restraint finally gives way. The ending lands hard because “hard and hopeful” collapses the whole image back into the speaker, turning ripeness into both longing and surrender.
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Aldo Kraas posted in the group National Poetry Month
There was a time
That I was all alone
Trying to find
Someone to be my friend
It was very hard to do
Until you came into my life
And I felt no longer alone
I loved spending time with you
Friend please don’t put me down
I just hate that very much
I hope you will be my friend
Forever
Also please don’t hurt me
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One more cup of coffee…. I understand the procrastinations. How is can be riding on a person’s back to delay things you want to do and accomplish.