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Original poem reprinted online here:   "Time Study" by Marvin Bell Originally read: September 9, 2013 More information about the Poet:   Marvin Bell How many times can the phrase "The coffee was cold so I said so" be reconfigured, and reworded?  For what purpose?  Who needs one.  Rather the poem plays with construction and the shifts of meaning doesn't mean anything expansive, but means more about the speaker. So the list in the first stanza is: my coffee is cold and I said so I said I am glad my coffee is cold because I get to say so I said my coffee is cold like the Sahara at night I said the Sahara is a lot like my coffee, which has cream, and it is cold which means I have to say so or someone will say to drink my coffee, which is cold and the camels are asleep. What expands upon with the variations is a metaphor that goes ahead, maybe too ahead.  And, yes, the humor because of the extension is humorous, but note that no matter how far the metaphor goes,...