at the end of my life
as at an earlier time
i read (reed)
sport pages
…
political reporting
had my attention
during my long
middle ages
…
features
like novels
i always
have read (red)
…
comics i read (red)
when i was a child
and when we had kids
at home
…
in heaven (or hell)
I expect to read
poetry

– Steve Shoemaker, Urbana, IL, April 4, 2013