11:41:49
I wanted to read
today, but someone in my
house kept on talking.
11:41:50
Interruptions, I
say, are not polite. You can’t
hear the story well.
11:41:51
He keeps talking, wants
to finish what he’s saying.
One book takes hours.
11:41:52
(Not really. It takes a
a few extra minutes to
answer his questions.)
11:41:53
(It’s just that I’m more
than ready for nap time. It’s
been a long, wet day.)
11:42:20
They never want the
reading to end, because they
know stories are gifts.
These are excerpts from The Book of Uncommon Hours, a book of haiku poetry. For more of Rachel’s poems, visit her Reader Library page, where you can get a few volumes for free.
(Photo by This is Now Photography.)
