NEWSPOEM 13 JANUARY 1996

The newspapers today were peeling wallpaper I stared at as I ate breakfast.

I went back to bed and pulled a newspaper up to my nose and stared at the ceiling.

Midafternoon I pulled the newspapers closed across the window to block out the incoming sun.

Evening I took a shower and wandered out to the kitchen wearing only a damp newspaper.

Night I lay on the thick newspaper in front of the fire.

It was comforting.