Confessions of a serial tea drinker

I fit the profile. I've written about it. I've planned it out. How long before they come for me? 

Undoubtedly somebody needs to stop me. But no one will. How many innocents will be hurt? What a joke! There are no innocents. 

I could go back in time and find a moment where I made the turn. I would have to blame Tonya. It was with her that things went South. When I was plagued with the desire that would taunt me until the end. I had it! I tasted it! And no matter how much I wanted it again, and again. But no one cares. They never care. And Tonya is just a destroyer. 

So I sit here in my truck, brooding, bitter, longing, desperate, for just a taste. Such a small thing... I fit the profile. I've written about it. I've mapped out plans. No one cares and no one will come to help. How long before they come for me? 

Starbucks is right down the street. And they sell it. Chi tea. How long before they come for me?....

There is heaven but your tongue isn't ready.

There is divine but your mind would only opine

There is sweet but then you would lose your feet

Oh, there are words. But not in your language

I could show you but it would be moves in the 4th dimension

Let's try. It's like paying your bills.

Like crossing a river without ever getting wet. Like an exhale without an inhale. Like an Internet with no Facebook. Like saying too much but never starting to speak.

No, none of that works. I give up.

Taste just like chicken. Lol

The Long Trail of Tea Leaves

So what does it taste like?: A behind the scenes

by James Ray the Phantom Texter

August 2025

Both Chai and Thai tea are heavily consumed in large parts of the globe. But leave it to us here in America to come late to the party and act like it's something new.

I was once one of those people. And then that fateful day came when I wasn't. The Long Trail of tea leaves and other ingredients unnatural to me show the path of my destruction!

But how does it taste? That's the question I get asked now when my eyes gloss over and I stare into nothingness as people see or hear me talk about it. How does it taste? How does it taste! How could you not know! How is that even a question! It should be in the Constitution! It should be a prerequisite out of elementary school, Middle School, and High School! It should be studied in college!

A bit much for beverage you say? How many things are written about coffee? How many fights have they had in front of Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts over that nasty disgusting furniture polish tasting beverage? So to the question of a bit much for beverage. Let me just say, we Americans are late to the party. There is so much catching up we have to do!