Slow Coffee

From the series, Japan Poems.

The sign in the window

read Slow Coffee

and when you went inside

and found out the story

of the owner

an artist and former architect

who had a brain stroke

he explained that this was

not Starbucks

he was disabled

and it took him time

to prepare the coffee

it was slow coffee

and when it came out

and I tasted it for the first time

slow coffee became an instant favorite

a strong simple brew

assured of its place

among the bubbling

chaos of the everyday.

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About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, novelist, poet, performer, playwright and filmmaker, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001. He is the author of six novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn, The Last Furies, and No One Dreams in Color; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag, two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. He also adapted classic fables, which were paired with the vintage illustrations of artist, Paul Bransom, for the collection: Once Upon a Time, Classic Fables Reimagined. His plays have been staged and performed both nationally and internationally.
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