—haunting, the ghostly in-between that leaves you half-awake, half-asleep, and wholly unsatisfied.
You asked for half, you got the ghost,
A shadow cup, a spectral dose.
Not strong enough to pull you through,
Not weak enough to comfort you.
It lingered soft, it lingered thin,
A phantom buzz beneath the skin.
The sip was mild, the finish strange,
Like someone whispered out of range.
A dream half-kept, a thought half-said,
A taste that walked with both the dead.
You held the cup, you felt the lack,
Half forward step, half looking back.
The drink was gone, the feeling stayed.
A haunting brewed from beans half-made.
📜 Half-Caf Haunting – The Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Regular Espresso (the life you wanted)
- 1 oz Decaf Espresso (the ghost you got)
- 4 oz Steamed Milk (to blur the line between them)
- Garnish: A faint swirl of cinnamon—half visible, half vanished
Instructions:
Pull one shot of espresso and one shot of decaf, combine them in a latte cup. Top with steamed milk, watching the line between strength and absence blur. Dust cinnamon lightly so half dissolves, half floats. Drink slowly, waiting for something that never arrives.