Burned my tongue again
On vanilla flavored caffeine…
I should know better
By now…
Tasteless for another week
But it all just
Tastes the same
Just like today…
Just like tomorrow…
Or any other day
Nothing ever changes
No matter how
Hard you try…
Fake optimism
False hope
And a smile
On your face
Makes everyone seem
So much brighter…
These days
I just can’t seem
To get far enough
Away…
No matter…
How far I
Go…
Everyone around me
Is so self absorbed…
Living out there
Lives…
Which of coarse
To be expected …
But where do
I fit in…
Can no one
Else see it…
Society is so
Jaded…
But than aren’t
We all…?
Sitting here I
Watch them all…
As they carry out
“The Daily Routine”
Everybody wants their beverage
So they can get
Through the busy day…
The casher looks
So sad as takes
The order…
Hands back the change
And smiles…
“Have a nice day”
Like a drone
Without emotion…
Nothings wrong…
As long as you
Have you coffee
Everything in the world
Is A OK J
What can I say…?
The world is bitter…
Just like coffee…
Just like the burn…
Of vanilla flavored caffeine
Which everyone has
A different name for…
But it’s all
The same to me
Just like today…
Just like Tomorrow…
Just like I should have…
Known better…

~Nick Detlor~
October 8, 2006