forty seams

there are forty seams
of ancient wallpaper
to fixed.
grandma picked it out
in the Eisnenhower
administration.
there are stripes
in one room.
flowers in another.
periwinkle blue
in the bathroom,
but the paper is old.
the split
lines are brittle,
not unlike tree bark,
they will
resist any attempts
to lie back down,
to go straight
and together again.
but you try. you give
it a go in every room.
what are the other choices.
napalm?