I am back now drinking coffee
In the morning
From eleven years old and seminary days
The smell of coffee brewing
In the morning
Inspired me helped when I prays
John Agard says the coffee served in heaven
Would leave us agitated
If decaffeinated
While the devil sat content with expresso brew
I drink Columbian coffee now in homage
To a guy I knew in Rome
In student days
Noel Londono is his name
Lightness of spirit his middle name
He is now a bishop back at home
And God be praised
While England still drank tea
We drank the coffee
Holy tradition straight from Napoli
Alfonso and the Reds
Where it came from
What they do in Rome
We must do here
Not everything needs to be passed down
Something new is welcome to appear
But coffee in the morning
Fresh from coffee beans
Is welcome as a glass of English beer
Brian Fahy
9 November 2021
Erris Poetry 