The first newspaper after the cyclone
was surprisingly welcome,
not so much for the news
but for the paper itself, the newsprint,
with its soft spot-colour, cartoons,
non-jittery ads and above all
for the puzzle pages
aching for the press of biro
and unhurried completion.
Welcome, too, the simple foldable
feel of it, just me and the daily rag,
the global hordes pressing
behind my personal screen
negated for a bit, and me
and the world none the worse for it.
