Solstice

 
 
 

drinking to the dregs
 
my seventh cup of coffee
 
on the solstice watch

Dregs

 
 
 

beggar tips his bowl
 
last dregs of the Milky Way
 
spill into the street

Tribulation

 
 
 

only dregs
 
in the coffee pot
 
5 a.m.

Coffee

 
 
 

in my cup
 
yesterday’s coffee
 
bitter dregs