The Coffee Cantata

After reading about the bewilderment suffered by Your Humble Narrator at the lack of an appropriate Hymn to Coffee Tables, Aimee Gould (she who still leaves comments here under the name of her son, Noah (sooner or later, Noah will object to this wanton appropriation of his name for purposes of blog-commenting (probably later, since Noah is such a budding gentleman))) went one better and instead of composing a Hymn to Coffee Tables, leapt right to that Summit of all Poetic Arts by penning an Ode to Coffee.  Herewith, published for the first time.

Ode to Coffee
(set to the tune of the Mount Holyoke College Alma Mater (If you don't know the tune, then 1) shame on you and 2) here it is.))

O' true coffee we owe thee devotion,
For your flavor, robust, rich & strong.

Your caffeine is such a sweet bonus,
Those choosing decaf are wrong.

So from east & from west now we gather,
Magic beans that give life all day long.

Our honor, our love and our loyalty,
Dear coffee we offer to thee
Dear coffee we offer to thee.


And, let's be honest.  That may be the finest composition in the history of the West.  It has also given me a new occupation for committee meetings--I will now strive to compose an entire volume of Poetry devoted to Coffee.