The taste of cold coffee

In a mouth chewing minty gum

Is appearance anxiety

Mixed with performance enhancement

Can an oral fixation

Keep away the shakes

So close, I

Don’t want to go to bed

Without finishing this again there’s

Just so much to say so

I take another stick

Unwrap it, place it between my teeth

Chew it, pick up the cup

Take another drink

I would never

Order coffee and mint together

If I were getting two scoops

At the ice cream shop

But at the desk

Almost done

It’s the violence I need