tonic for Spring

tonic for Spring

sulfur and blackstrap molasses

teaspoons  one part to two parts

professed to cleanse the blood

                                                                 nothing a good iron fleam blade couldnt fix

if one had the stomach or gumption

or perhaps an enticed leech reared in a springfed freshwater lake  

these were beginning to sound like specialty rolls at a sushi house

raw eggs work

some prefer it with a touch of milk and coarse ground black pepper

while others find them repellent because they have something to do with raw chickens

cant beat garlic or kale

legumes or soybean pods

although he was partial to calling them edamame  none of its letters crept off beneath 

the lower line of a Primary Ruled Printing Tablet

                                                                 which returned to him thoughts of one-inch ruling 

Bond paper and its trusty companion  the Ticonderoga #2 Beginner Pencils and their tactile smooth round yellow barrels

Prousts madeleines did justice  but memory isnt confined alone to scents or tastes

theres a weight in the hand  a turn of a phrase  sensations  a place

all are Tonics

and other tonics   toxic   things better left alone or struggling to forget 

banished for reasons  of which none should have to be explained

                                                                             that are      and that existence suffices

that which exists is

and even when it becomes was / Is

perhaps toxic is vitriolic malignant  or inappropriate 

                                                                    or perhaps it just feels that way to some people

to those who have forged ahead  mustered their way beyond the was / Is of their

experience

and who are grappled and clutched   who are sought to be arrested by sincere others

who sincerely feel they ought to be grateful for their time

                                                                                                   and as that time expires

are somehow obliged to rarify or vivify their Past

made Subjects of their memory

                     living as a Memorial

rather than a human being

one takes a tonic to refresh

to invigorate

a tonic is taken Spring Summer Fall Winter as needed

                                                                                                          or necessary

and better ingested alone

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