It's Still Life

A Poem in the Style of Kendra DeColo

I’m reading a cookbook

because it’s midnight,
and I don’t feel at all sleepy

because that coffee after
dinner was a foolish idea

because I know caffeine
is the devil poking at my brain

because a brain doing pogo sticks
isn’t sedated counting sheep, so

I’m reading a cookbook.

for Miz Quickly 30 July ©️ Misky 2019