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Poetry Corner: AMERICANO

Introducing a new series of poems by Julian Matthews. Julian is a writer and Pushcart-nominated poet published in The American Journal of Poetry, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Borderless Journal, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Dream Catcher Magazine,  Live Encounters Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal and The New Verse News, among others. He is a mixed-race minority from Malaysia and lived in Ipoh for seven years. Currently based in Petaling Jaya, he is a media trainer and consultant for senior management of multinationals on Effective Media Relations, Social Media and Crisis Communications. He was formerly a journalist with The Star and Nikkei Business Publications Inc

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By Julian Matthews

I want to be the too-hot coffee that burns
your crack-stained lips the first thing
in the morning.

You blow, hoping to cool me down just enough
for that relieving sip, head throbbing
from last night’s episode,
the needle on your selective memory,
half-remembered, twice forgotten,
in desperate need of that awakening kick.

Then I sting you again.
Too hot, too hot, too hot to tongue
and a tear forms in your bloodshot left eye
and you sniffle. Blow. Again. Persist.

I’m all you ever wanted, you once said.
Grounded, full bodied, bubbly, golden brown
a thin layer of crema on top.
Now, just bitter.

First published in the literary magazine The Rome Review by editor-in-chief Michelangelo Franchini.

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