Why I Bring a Book to the Kitchen

The relaxation of travel
by reading and sinking
into elsewhere’s tale
while gently, unquestionably,
bound to the holy of here
by the the hum of the refrigerator
is as much a sign of your love
as anything else, at the end of the day.
Sometimes, that’s all it takes—
the grounding reminders of presence,
of the goodness of story, and
of cold milk for morning tea.

Kimberly M. King