From that moment on, everything becomes agitated. Ideas quick-march into motion like battalions of a grand army to its legendary fighting ground, and the battle rages. Memories charge in, bright flags on high; the cavalry of metaphor deploys with a magnificent gallop; the artillery of logic rushes up with clattering wagons and cartridges; on imagination's orders, sharpshooters sight and fire; forms and shapes and characters rear up; the paper is spread with ink. Could that passage have been written on decaf?
The whole essay is like that, a little over the top. She spends several hundred words describing the process of brewing coffee with a French press in great detail as if it's some obscure medieval ritual no one has heard of. But if you have a few extra minutes, it's an entertaining read, especially the part where the advantages of caffeine over alcohol are discussed.
1 comment:
Its just too bitter for me. You can't add enough sugar or milk to coffee to make it taste decent. Its like really hoppy beer doomed by its own bitter existence.
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