taking another crack at The
Devil’s Dictionary
Prescience:
“Before
taking (enter a Med here) please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are
allergic to it.”
YOW . . . a banal instruction
tucked in with the prescription and as
this is the first time youre taking the medicine prescribed . . . how the fuck
are you supposed to know if youre allergic to it
AH unless youre prescience
not
an easy call not as easy as . . . lets say . . . at a
health club . . . a signs posted: “Please be courteous to your fellow members
and do not shave in the steam room” . . . or my overwhelming favorite hands-down . . . which remains curiously
unposted on Seattle Metro buses: “Please be courteous to your fellow riders and
do not cut your toenails on the bus.”
might prescience and common sense
be cut from the same vein
1600, Saturday,
31 5. 14
