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
1020,
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