Overplay/Underdone

By Michael Seese

I just got back the proof for "The Daily Caffeine Stream" from the folks at Medusa's Laugh Press. This is for their Overplay/Underdone poetry anthology, which I read about way back in January. The folks at Medusa came up with a neat idea.  Per the website:

Overplay/Underdone: an anthology of poetry in the 3rd dimension. We seek poems conceived/constructed in tiers/layers, designed for printing on multiple overlaid transparent, semi-transparent and/or opaque sheets.

So, printed on a clear plastic sheet will be the full poem.

     The Daily Caffeine Stream

     Starting the daily caffeine stream,

     Held hostage by a little bean,

     Plucked while green then roasted brown.

     Damn it! Hurry! Come on! Drip down!

     Fill my pot! Then my cup!

     I need this little pick-me-up

     On days like today. Slo-mo tick-tock.

     What? It's only 9:00?

     Four meetings down and more to come.

     I'd better brew another one.

     Oh, Juan Valdez, what have you done?

     You're more than habit. You're religion.

And on a white page behind it will be select letters. 

     Starting the daily caffeine stream,

     Held hostage by a little bean,

     Plucked while green then roasted brown.    

     Damn it! Hurry! Come on! Drip down!

     Fill my pot! Then my cup!

     I need this little pick-me-up

     On days like today. Slo-mo tick-tock.

     Wait. What? It can’t be only 9:00.

     Four meetings down and more to come.

     I'd better brew another one. (Or two.)

     Oh, Juan Valdez, what have you done?

     You're more than habit. You're religion.

Can you see the picture? Does it look enough like a steaming cup of kawfee? I hope so.

I'll post the details when it's actually available.