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by Misha Solomon CC'14
There is a stove in the kitchen
There is a kettle on the stove T
here is water in the kettle
The water is getting hot
So very hot
So very hot
So very hot
So very loud
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee goes the water
There is a counter in the kitchen
There is a marble countertop on the counter
There is a mug on the marble countertop
I pour the water
The water which had gone weeeeeeeeee
Into the mug
I look deep into the water
And I see you
You are the water
You are so pure
So necessary
So clear
So wet
The water is one part oxygen
You are a breath of fresh air
The water is two parts hydrogen
You use peroxide in your hair
But you are missing something
There is a pantry in the kitchen
There is a shelf in the pantry
There is a box of teabags on the shelf
I take out a teabag
And put it in the tea
I put my teabag in the tea.
I give the water
So plain
So bland
So flavorless
So odorless
So colorless
So watery
I give it flavor
I give it color
I am the teabag
And I realize what you are missing
You are just water
But you need to be tea
You need flavor
You need color
You need odor
You need my teabag
Inside you
I need to put my teabag inside of you
Deep inside your watery self
You need my teabag
I need to teabag you.
We need to make tea.
