Poetry

Carla Botha

Do You Like Coffee?

It always starts like this:

with coffee
somewhere —

              coffee shops
              coffee trucks
              ice coffee
              on breezy summer days
              on lush lawns
              hot July days

it always starts like this
it never ends

like this.

Carla Botha completed her MFA in creative writing at New York University. She currently lives and works in the United Arab Emirates. She is also currently part of the editorial board for PBQ Literary magazine. Some of her previous works have been published with Wanderlust Journal and Writer’s Block Literary Magazine. She’s an avid coffee drinker.