Cloudy waters....

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too lazy
to clean out the iced chai
residue from 
my Starbucks vente cup, I
simply refill it with water and
meet with a client who
would like to speak with me about
some indescribable childhood
trauma
but
can't stop staring at the
Starbucks cup of cloudy water
I keep
sipping from.

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