Coffee sales are up, the media has alerted us.
No one is shocked.
Everything sales are up.
The free market has been bitchslapped
by gardening gloves with claws on them
and then penetrated in many holes
with the same hands.

Yes, labor rates are up.
Yes, bean prices are up.
But mostly kleptocracy has decided that it continues to be
hunting season on middle and lower class dollars
and they’re all being targeted.

Every single cent is on the table
and until everything’s been Hoovered up,
no money is safe.

Your addiction to coffee is fair game
as is your addiction to water
and shelter
and, no doubt, air.

Kleptocracy is seeking you out, man.
Enjoy your coffee.