MY USELESS THING!

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New Prompt: Write a story or poem about an invention that should never make it to market. '

MY USELESS THING!

I knew we must have needed this--I truly thought we did!!
But when I showed this to my bank, they thought I'd flipped my lid!!
"A laptop brewing HOT COFFEE; that doesn't make much sense.
Technology can't pull this off---not with convenience!
You'd have to hook up cold water; that would short the wires!
And then you would be late to work. We're not that inspired
to fund your crazy invention! Go get your self a cup
of tasty old-fashioned coffee, and give this whole thing up"
was how they responded to me! But I don't just give in;
I went back to my drawing board and thought that I could win
funds with this bizarre idea. And the next bank agreed
to fund my hopeless adventure; they just wanted their fee
to provide the needed money. Now I'm stuck with surplus,
useless, caffeinated laptops; all I can do is CUSS!!