Coffee and Crompton

Samuel

did he work

alone

in his attic

to improve the lot

of men

When we sit to enjoy our cup

Do we consider the lives of others

the lives of those who harvest the beans

or those who use them to raise themselves

for the work of the day

for the work of time’s progres

In the eighteenth century

such things were the topic of the day

in those coffee houses

Poor Samuel

to have died in poverty