when the lid refuses to release the to-go mug:
1. Insert straw into the opening of the grown-up sippie cup.
2. Funnel sugar crystals into straw. Watch them slide into the java liquid and mix.
3. Pretend you are three years old. Blow bubbles down the straw. Do not inhale
as this can cause an unpleasant reaction like breathing in while stirring Koolaid,
or while measuring dusty chemicals in your lab--
Causing you to taste, smell blue
red
green
purple
or sulfur.
4. Remove straw and enjoy your mid-day drink as you sink
into that nearby purple plush chair.
5. Nod at the barista
who had not enough time to clean the spill
from when she placed the lid on your too-full coffee,
resulting in this whole suctioned-stuck lid scenario.
The panic plaguing her brow shows no hope
of a lunch break. Her feet are moist and heavy,
her fingers pruned. And the man behind you ordered five venti-quadruple-shot-skinny lattes with Caramel
Hazelnut
Vanilla
Amaretto
Cinnamon and keeps staring
at the clock.
