N E W S p o e m
10 January 1999
Chicago Correspondent
Scott Rettberg

Newspoetry Weather Outside there is an 18 inch blanket Of snow. I woke up at 7 A.M. and Trudged through it. At the Jewel, I Got five of the last oranges and Enough coffee to keep me writing For a week. The city seems Tranquil and surreal now, there Is a strange sense of peace on this Sunday when almost everything is Shut down and there is nowhere For anyone to go. I think I'll Write until 6 P.M. or so then Walk down to Jean's, have two Steins of Old Style, and talk To my neighbors, about the snow.