Elixir

Micropoem by Joseph Farina

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my sunrise companion
rests silently on my table
its blackheart tinged in foam
swirls of steamed air rising
visions in its trails
as I drink its bitter sweet brew
muses whisper
awakening with its magic
the gift of another day

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Joseph A Farina is a retired lawyer in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. An award-winning poet. Published in Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine, Ascent, Subterranean Blue and in   The Tower Poetry Magazine, Inscribed, The Windsor Review, Boxcar Poetry Revue, and appears in the anthologies.