and we're still at war

the newspapers here 
are fabulous. which to buy?
the Times, the Globe, the Providence Journal

every day here i have bought a paper i could not read

one day, photos of smoke rising from
burning buildings
the next day photos of rubble

the next day photos of children
a tiny kosovo baby in an incubator
albanian children in a NATO camp
with bread & fruit

clinton photographed from behind
(unable anymore to show his face)
patting the prime minister of china on the back

a photo of an angry yeltsin 
with his mouth open - a caricature

the major newspapers are a bad trip
a cry for help
an insult to any caring reader

i am writing this in rebecca's van
driving from rhode island to new hampshire
where i can only hope for
better news, better papers