Eleanor hums when she eats
she likes to eat tomatoes
and plums
and bananas
and anything we are eating
her fingers are starting to work
like they are supposed to
thumb and forefinger teaming up
to pick up the bits of food on her tray
all the while she hums voice going up and down
so there
my mother used to hum when she cooked
she liked to make bread
and food like chicken
and verenike
her hands expertly forming the dough
and handling the meat
all the while she hummed hymns in her happy place
so there
