My Reading

So I notice
Since I claim not to read
But am constantly knowledgeable
Because I read it somewhere
I do read in fugitive snippets
Magazines at the manicurist's
Articles on the airplane
Whatever is on other people's desks
(I can read upside down
A proud teacher skill I have)
Brochures
The bible if I am in a hotel room waiting for the
phone to ring
Recipe on the boxtop
The tag
Newspaper parts on betty's counter
The signs at 7-11
The display caption
The shoe box
Quotable quotes lying open in a reader's digest
The val-pak inserts
Titles of books on the shelf
Nuggets in newsletters
Bulletins on bulletin boards
Emails on the screen
Solicitations from the mailbox
The headline of the enquirer in the grocery store line
The instructions on this special airplane telephone
My dear friend has this insight
While others read fiction to escape into a different world,
I am reading in random encounters
To immerse myself in this one