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# Kaffee
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- Published: 2026-02-11T17:35:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:11:54.000Z
- Description: “Kaffee,” a snapshot in time from a Viennese cafe in wintertime. Written February 11, poem 042 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Poems, Coffee, Dessert, friendship, Traveling, Vienna, Women, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

Our Mozart Kaffees arrive  
bedecked with chocolate   
and set upon pink  
on pink on pink.  
  
Our significant others   
had opted for waters, only,  
but we ladies committed  
all-in on indulgence.  
  
They sit perched in winter coats  
on spindly rose-hued chairs  
while the women, unabashed  
begin to feast.  
  
I flew here on a mission  
to eat drink touch   
smell absorb capture  
everything in my path.  
  
I want to inhale this city  
See it through   
my host family's eyes  
feel the magic, its pulse.  
  
To make sense of this place  
its lofty history  
its renowned cuisine  
its origin stories for artists.  
  
Sugar and caffeine hits  
I guffaw loudly too loudly  
\- so American -   
with my dear ones.  
  
For now the Belvedere  
and pre fixe menus  
and the Staatsoper  
can wait.  
  
Because warming up here  
in a cozy cafe with steaming kaffee  
rich tortes and unfiltered laughter  
I have already fulfilled my quest.