OctPoWriMo 18: Begin the morning . . .

Begin the morning with hot peppermint tea,hoping for a jolt. No caffeine;Dried peppermint leaves were once found in pyramids.Was its use medicinal or spiritual,a love potion of the time? My siptingles on the tongue with sharpness;the warmth soothes me to meditation, yet the tingles remain.Another taste, not the simple siptaken in a polite tearoomout of a delicate cup, but one ofthose big,