Coffee Cups

Put away your measuring tape.
You don't measure relationships by their length.
What size coffee did you drink with them?
How much cream and sugar filled it to the brim?
Did you top it off with a cigarette?
Let out an outstanding laugh?
Choke back tears of regret?
Measure them by the cups of memories they hold.
Did you drink it while it was hot?
or so consumed by conversation
let it get cold?