Steps to Becoming Blissfully Aware

BY NYMPHISH

I.

Wake up.

If it is a good day

this will happen at 8 a.m.

if otherwise, this will

happen at 11:30

II.

brew one and a half cups

of coffee with

cinnamon in the

grounds

III.

grab a mug that is

not too big

but not too small

IV.

add unsweetened almond

milk to the mug

V.

add jameson

irish whiskey to

the mug

VI.

add two teaspoons

of sugar

and stir

VII.

add hot coffee

stir

VIII.

sit back

as you drink you

will look up and

memorize every foamy kernel

of the popcorn ceiling.

You will now be blissfully aware

that something is wrong.

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NYMPHISH is a contemporary poet from Phoenix, Arizona. She received her first publication from Creative Communications at age sixteen, and has since completed her debut poetry collection Seventh Street Sad. She has two cats and they both look the same.