The Restless Reader

When did you last buy a newspaper? 
Yes, buy, rather than read, a newspaper?

Newsprint, and it's corollary advertising,
are now much more consumed online,
than they are in physical print. On the screen
the proprietors of print can make what they own
sing and dance in front of readers, making it harder
for readers to focus on what is being said.
Harder to remember what was written after,

particularly the screen automatically scrolls
to the next item, all too soon immediately after. 

If you are going to be a restless reader
give your eyes the breaks they need
and take a rest from all the media filler
the better to remember what you have read after.