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Contests : Wergle Flomp Free Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2007 : Constance Lambson
ELEGY FOR A COFFEE POT
Thy babbling reservoir sighed the dawning day,
Thy drip-drip-drip whispered o'er the lea,
Into the kitchen I did plod my sleepy way,
And leave the solemn darkness behind me.
But, lo! Fades the glimmering red power light,
And all the air a hopeless stillness holds,
Save the refrigerator's electric might,
And the droning purr of a distant Olds.
Oh, hot-water reservoir-style home brewer,
That delivered me quality coffee
To far higher standards than the newer,
In just three minutes. I will sorely miss thee.
Save me from the yonder discount tower,
The Brauns and Black and Deckers that there reign,
Such as I will browse the Internet bower,
And a new high-performance Bunn attain.
Sent as a joke to Poetry.com, this poem was a finalist in the 2007 Wergle Flomp humor poetry contest sponsored by Winning Writers. It is a parody of Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard".
About Constance Lambson
Constance Lambson lives, writes, and works in the Pacific
Northwest.
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