trucker coffee

“we got a long way to go, and a short time to get there.” -from the song East Bound and Down, by Jerry Reid

though you may not be a trucker

never have driven a semi with your CDL

never

ever

even thought of coasting up above the open road

putting thousands of miles beneath your cap

to the tune of

“east bound and down”---

you may have, in your short time on this planet,

walked into a diner &

ordered yourself up a deep cup of

trucker’s coffee.

 

strong & without ulterior motive,

the trucker’s coffee will stare you right in the eye

and tell you

“look man, you can either add milk & sugar to me,

or you can take me straight, but either way---

we gonna be waking your a*s up!”

 

trucker’s coffee is not made by truckers,

its not brewed only in trucks,

and it certainly doesn’t come from some island that

only truckers can get to---

but it is an honest

drink---

you know it when you see it &

you see it when you smell it.

 

it doesn’t offer up the slightly bitter mystique of your

french roasted arabica or the pleasant aromas of

any of those classic

coffeehouse

concoctions,

it doesn’t even qualify as quality colombian,

but it may very well kick you like

kona.

 

mind you,

this coffee is not for the weak stomached---

it is not the light brown water that you get offered politely by your

neighbor,

when you come over to discuss the fact that their kids are

too damn loud

when they are playing in their backyard at the crack of dawn on

any given

work day.

 

it is brewed with the crappy water that only

diners can muster,

where no matter what tap it is poured from,

it still tastes thicker & harder than any water you

have ever sipped from another---

there may or may not be grounds still floating in it,

and it’s overall warmth may range anywhere from

scalding hot to luke warm,

but the fact remains,

at one, seldom changing price,

regularly falling below $2.00 &

free refills,

you can’t go wrong &

you will be awake

very soon.