{"id":2547,"date":"2023-09-06T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2023-09-06T11:04:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:04:25","slug":"jesus-likes-his-coffee-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2023\/09\/06\/jesus-likes-his-coffee-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Likes His Coffee Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jesus Likes His Coffee Strong<\/strong><\/p>\n

I imagined Jesus
\nshowing up
\nat my front door,
\nexpecting to join me
\nfor a cup of coffee.<\/p>\n

He claims I
\ninvited him over,
\nbut I don\u2019t recall it.<\/p>\n

So, I close the novel
\nI\u2019m reading –
\nhe notes the title and
\nsays, \u201cYeah,
\nthat\u2019s a good one,\u201d –<\/p>\n

and I fill my \u2028second-favorite cup
\nand set it
\nin front of him,<\/p>\n

the one that says
\n\u201cLive like it\u2019s all
\nmade out of heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perfect.<\/p>\n

He grins and says,
\n\u201cIt is, you know,\u201d
\nand holds up a palm.
\nWe high five.<\/p>\n

I apologize for
\nhow strong I\u2019ve
\nmade the coffee,
\nbut he flashes
\nanother grin and says,
\n\u201cIt\u2019s made out of heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

He seems to have
\na bit of something
\ncaught in his teeth,
\nbut I can\u2019t bear
\nto tell him.<\/p>\n

We talk politics –
\nhe insists even that
\nis covered by the
\nCoffee Cup Rule –
\nand I am
\nspeechless.<\/p>\n

We cover sports
\nand the weather
\nand movies and sex.<\/p>\n

If I get agitated he
\npoints to The Cup.<\/p>\n

After an hour or so
\nhe takes his leave.<\/p>\n

He gives me
\na shoulder hug and
\ncalls me \u201cBro\u201d and
\noff he goes.<\/p>\n

I have a new
\nfavorite Coffee Cup.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Jon Tyson; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Jesus Likes His Coffee Strong I imagined Jesus showing up at my front door, expecting to join me for a cup of coffee. He claims I invited him over, but I don\u2019t recall it. So, I close the novel I\u2019m reading – he notes the title and says, \u201cYeah, that\u2019s a good one,\u201d – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t