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# Truck Stop
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/truck-stop/
- Published: 2023-09-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Ugh, coffee's bad, an aftertaste that lingers. The powdered creamer tries its very best but cannot overcome. Arthritic fingers will nonetheless obey the mind's behest and stir the cup reflexively, like so then dump th...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Ugh, coffee's bad, an aftertaste that lingers.  
The powdered creamer tries its very best  
but cannot overcome. Arthritic fingers  
will nonetheless obey the mind's behest  
and stir the cup reflexively, like so  
then dump the plastic stirrer in the trash.  
Too early to wake up, too late to go,  
you frisk the wallet for forgotten cash.  
None to be found, she took it all, of course,  
though mercifully, not the credit cards.  
No whiskey left to drown any remorse,  
the cleaning crew will settle for regards.  
A thousand miles to go, best not be late.  
Your phone chimes in: avoid the interstate.