a new book

a new
book is in my hands.
hardback with a glossy cover.
slowly I turn the pages.
reading line
after line.
each word bounces off
me. off my
eyes.
nothing gets absorbed.
I start again
and have no idea what it's
about, who's who,
where it's going, or how
it might end.
the blurbs all rave
about it.
the new York times says,
some book!
they may even make a movie
based on it,
but for the life
of me I can't get passed page
three.
i'll try again tomorrow.
maybe.