Cocoa and Toast

Cocoa and Toast

Swiss Miss is fine for camping,
But hot milk and Nesquik are the way to go
For a woman’s need to soothe cramping.
Add a warm piece of crisp toast with creamy butter
And the evening winds down nice and slow.

It started back before I was born
As my mother began the comforting ritual.
Start with a paper towel placed on the corner
Of the countertop, next to the green toaster.

Reach into the tin, silver bread box,
To select the puffy white slice,
Breathe in when the toaster lever locks.
Exhale and repeat as it toasts up nice.

Pour the creamy milk into a favorite mug
Along with three heaping scoops of the powder.
Stir and then microwave for 90 seconds until
The steamy goodness surrenders the chug
To a deliberate process that avoids burning
The tongue’s anxiousness.