• Sara Kumar shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 years ago

    Dear Beautiful Woman

    I drink Skinny Girl Coffee
    And I’m thinking, can we like not call it that?

    I drink Americano coffee
    And I’m so American, and I love India

    I drink coffee in a cup with lavender petals
    And I’m like so loving Pakistan and Kew Gardens right now

    I need to drink coffee in a cup my nephew gave me
    And think about something bright
    I think we need to not worry
    Although sometimes I need to feed the ones close to me

    I drink Skinny Girl Coffee
    And I’m like are you alright with weight taking up so much time?

    I can’t jog like I used ta
    And I’m not super skinny
    But like in college I think it was obsessive

    I think I need to change my coffee brand
    I think Barbie dolls are not made well actually
    I’m walking after a stroke, and I still think about weight often
    But I don’t worry like I used to

    Can we call this coffee ~ beautiful coffee?
    Because it’s good coffee

    I like black coffee without milk or sugar

    I like Skinny Girl Coffee

    And let’s not call girls skinny, is that fine?

    This world has so much beauty

    I like coffee with ice cream a lot
    It tastes good to me

    I’m so loving to observe more, and I like to listen also
    And now I’m at peace with both happening together
    I wish I had gone to less nightclubs in my twenties
    I don’t remember them well
    I remember the names of quite a few coffee shops, and I think about what happened there
    I remember Atomic Cafe, and is it still there, in Houston?
    So many remember what an atom is
    And that atoms are small
    They are beautiful
    And so are planets
    Where do we go with this conversation?

    So many need to go and drink coffee and like chat with people

    Children don’t drink coffee until later
    I think it’s the taste
    It’s lovely to drink though now

    I’ll have a cup this afternoon, mayhaps
    And think about people crying because they are happy

    Here’s to long conversation

    Sara Kumar

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    • I love that you highlight this idea that coffee and coffee shops are the center of conversation and I couldn’t agree more that we have a weight-obsessive culture that negatively impacts women- myself included. And we need to stop marketing and promoting products from a “skinny girl” angle. We should celebrate all people as beautiful and not glorify skinny. Thank you for sharing and thank you for catalyzing important conversations. <3 Lauren

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    • I also drink coffee and think about things. I love how you wrote this as one long “sip” of thought. And as a curvy girl, I agree…. from now on I am going to call my coffee Happy Coffee.

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