Ode to Coffee

Since God is
An African
Woman
She saw fit
To bless
Her children
With her
Embodied vulva
That emerges
From fruit and fire
And assumes
The form
Of the sea
Like a bitter
Cowrie.

Rituals of fire
And water
Bring forth
Midnight blood
Rising with the dawn
Rising with inviting
Steam and aroma:
Aroma of companionship
Aroma of friendship
Aroma of comfort
And the union
Of bitter and sweet
Completes the coupling
Of divinity
Contained
In a cup of liquid
Sunshine
Fueling our blood's
Desire to perpetuate
The invocation
Of the caffeinated
Ritual.