Cough, Hack, Snort, Cough, Sneeze
Clear throat, administer coffee
Cough, Snort, come to life

So I spend a lot of time on my spring time allergies.

Well, it is my blog and my haikus

And it is first and foremost on my mind when I wake up each day lately.

Coffee percolates.
My day, brain, body start up,
as I percolate.

Coffee is proof that God’s loves us and wants us to be awake. (I think I will have to work this into it’s own haiku.)

This is adapted from the famous saying attributed to Ben Franklin that; “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”

Though Franklin was really talking about wine but the Beer Lobby got a hold of the quote and changed it for their purposes. Soon, each T shirt with this on it will have to have an asterisk and some additional text explaining who Ben Franklin was and that he didn’t invent the $100 bill.

Franklin did write, in a 1779 letter to his friend Andre Morellet (translated from the French): “Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.” (from wikipedia)

For me, by Friday, after a week of up at 5:30AM, I am so groggy, sleepy, fatigued that I can’t lever myself out of bed without a crowbar, the wonderful sounds of the percolator as water heats up and rises through the center tube, shoots out the top, splatters against the lid, splashes out over the coffee and drips, drips, drips down creating coffee and the slow process begins of bringing all my systems back online.

My morning shower …
freshwater dripping, like diamonds
too much of the world

Standing in my morning shower, watching the water drain around my feet, I can’t but think of Paul Simon’s ‘Diamonds of the soles of her shoes.’

She’s a rich girl
She don’t try to hide it
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

He’s a poor boy
Empty as a pocket
Empty as a pocket with nothing to lose

I read where the number of people worldwide without access to fresh water dropped drastically last year. What changed was that people who lived with 30 minutes of a freshwater source were no longer counted.

What I want to know is how much of the world can take a shower, wash their clothes or get a drink without ever having to wonder if fresh water, let alone HOT fresh water will be available.

I read recently where the City of Atlanta has a three day supply of water in case of catastrophic electrical failure.

And then there is Flint.

As a side note, Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’, may be the last ‘Album’ that I bought NEW before the CD era.

Last note, the too is correct and not a typo – get it?

Invisible Force?
Wake up aroma power!
Just smell the coffee!

May the force be with you.

Is the coffee theme getting worn out?

Forced?