black coffee

i take my coffee black. i didn't used to like it that way.
i also take my tea plain. none of that sugar or milk stuff. give me the steeped stuff.

i used to also like the fake stuff. i'd throw some on oatmeal. i'd throw some on grapefruit.
i thought it tasted better.
it doesn't.

i prefer puckering my lips, gulping down coffee grounds. it's refreshing to me. it provides a stark difference to things that are artificially sweetened. i wonder who got to eat the first pineapple...what must it have tasted like. some sweet nectar of heaven.

i think my affection for unsweetened things is seen in relationships.

i can't stand fake, sugary, flowery stuff. there's a time and place for that.
on stage.
give me the bitter tasting tears.
they make relationships deep.
real.

and then when you get the sweet parts. they're so sweet. they're full of laughter. some sweet nectar of heaven.