Coffee in Heaven Poem

Those of you who love your caffeine will get a smile from this poem. (Re-posting, as this morning’s entry didn’t show up on the blog.)

COFFEE IN HEAVEN by John Agard

You’ll be greeted
by a nice cup of coffee
when you get to heaven
and strains of angelic harmony
But wouldn’t you be devastated
if they only serve decaffeinated
while from the percolators of hell
your soul was assaulted
By Satan’s fresh espresso smell?

(Note of irony: the image of John Goodman holding a Folger’s coffee can in The Big Lebowski is from a scene just before an ash scattering ceremony in the film. Coffee cans make inexpensive temporary urns!)