The Most Important Starbucks Cup I Ever Drank Out Of ...

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1

Resulted in my

ending a title

with a proposition

2

Was the only Starbucks Cup

I purchased while driving

—in 2015—

Thirty-two hundred miles 

from California

to New York

3

ALL of those miles

were on Interstate freeways

4

But one and only one

of the Interstate Exits

featured

a very visible

Starbucks logo

 

5

That was in Belle Vernon,

Pennsylvania

—my Father's birthplace

 

6

The cup's endpoint

was Katonah, New York

where my girlfriend lived

 

7

It sat on that window sill

for two months

until its demise

just before

I drove back

to California

 

8

Since 2016,

my girlfriend

–also known as Mrs. CarPeo—

 has resided

in Long Beach, CA

 

9

I am a proud member

of the Starbucks 500 Club

as a result of having

purchased

at least 500 cups

of their coffee

 

10

My Father 

was born

in 1916

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