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Ode to Melitta

The filter and cone,
I gladly will own,
Make coffee a hundred times faster
Than perk pot or drip.
Yet one little slip
And you're courting potential disaster.

The water you boil
(It's so little toil)
And beans grind up into a powder.
But pour with great care.
A generous share
And it's coffee all over the counter.

"Relax 'round the house,"
You say to your spouse.
"You want to have coffee? I'll do it."
My sad tale of woe
As the cups overflow:
I didn't just brew it, I blew it!

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