Valine

So the gardeners for the people across the street start unloading the mower and edger from a pickup truck. Loud squeals and groans are coming from somewhere inside the cab of the pickup and I see what looks like a small donkey bounding from passenger's to driver's seat. At first I thought maybe I had seen it wrong. Maybe it was a developmentally delayed child throwing a major spaz, hoping to distract his brothers from their work. I walked out my front door onto the porch to get a better look through the windows of the truck. Sure enough, a small donkey was jumping from seat to seat and screaming its fucking small donkey head off. The brothers (I'm sure they were brothers because they looked very much alike) ignored their donkey and started mowing and edging. I ran back into the house and to the kitchen to get a carrot, thinking that the donkey might be hungry. When I got back to the porch, I saw the larger of the two brothers reaching in through the opening of the passenger-side window. His hand was on the donkey's ear and he was yelling something in Spanish. He began twisting the ear. The shrieks from the animal, twice as loud as before, were angry and mournful at the same time. To be continued...

Yardwork is both healthy and relaxing! Your nose is misshapen!

"Normal" Saline Solution

You are part of the normal saline problem
You are a big part of the trouble we've been having up here
Reticent (D)aughter was indicted along with your brother
Your GOODFORNOTHING brother
Reticent (D)aughter saved the spent pulltabs from the bingo hall
Thinking that she could build a man out of the colored paper strips
He would be beautiful, like a rainbow mummy

Try reading the competition's literature! Ideas are money!

Riboflavin (derived from one cup of blueberries)

Tonight I will stand alone in a cemetery and eat an Almond Joy. I will toss the thin plastic wrapper to the ground and I will ask the moon a question:
Why so sad, Mr. Moon?
Mr. Moon will answer, "Why so careless, you littering fuckbug?"

Old thermometers contain mercury. Break one open and play with the silvery liquid!

YaM

You are more yam than I!
You are the moon; the sky!
Lies!

You lie!

Hydrocarbon Extraction Solvent

This is a situation in which the primary flatfoot would have the option of continuing the smoothing of the spotter against the spotter's will. The issue of social status is moot at this point (legally speaking) if the man with convictions believes that the spotter is a verified roughian. The flatfoot's job is to provide smoothing, even when the smoothing is invasive.

Emotions are portable. You can leave them at the restaurant!

Gamma-oryzanol

She tries to comfort me, saying "It's just a dream. You're okay. We're all safe. Go back to sleep."
And I think to myself, "How fucking cliche! Tormented by personal demons in my sleep! How original. Maybe I should write an absurd poem about it!"
Again, I think to myself (who else does one think to?), "Perhaps these experiences are brought on by my profound uniqueness...yes, of course!"
So she says to me, "What are we going to do? You're thrashing around every night like you're fighting for your life."
I tell her that it's just the stress of trying to get a new job. I tell her that once things settle down and we get into a routine that all will be set straight.
The truth, however, is that these nocturnal battles are not a fight for my life. I am battling for all life. Not only am I battling for all life, I am battling for the principles that give meaning to all life. These fights could be broadcast on digital cable for a fee of $29.95 and people would get to see a battle where eye-gouging is allowed. But the eyes gouged are mine. People would get to see me lose this battle, again and again. Richard Butler was onto something when he said that she said
"This is it. That's the end of the joke."

You are special and unique! You are asleep!

Docosahexaenoic Acid

She talked about seeing an old "Saturday Night Live"
And remembering when she used to buy pot by the "lid" for ten dollars
She then says she is just kidding
But I know she's not kidding
She was one of those teens that dated guys who looked like either Jesus or members of Lynyrd Skynyrd
She remembers the dizzy nights on Tony's waterbed
Back when kissing was still fun
And rugburn scars were badges of honor

You're not boring! Yes you are!

Phylloquinone

Lank fortitude, Hitler-tar!
Staple money to rose-colored Mama Casses
And reply to the man-ant chooser!
I still recall Matt Damon buying Russian whores
To use as extras in the box-office failure "Smut Bus 2, the Glistening"
I still remember Hydrox as the better alternative
And I still remember Space Food Sticks
So you've got nothing on me
And even less on my friends

Make a paste out of your expired medications and use it as wall joint compound!

Pantetheine

Custard-Woman sighs
Another of (N)ature's lies
Pound for pound for pies

Desperation is thirst! Shut down!

2-Aminoethane Sulfonic Acid

It was June and we were all at June Lake when John Ritter played his little game on me and my family. The trout had come from Gull Lake, and I could tell by the desperate gill movements that I, too, had something in my neck. When a man cleans a fish, he has to get all Bly and just go for it. When a teenage boy cleans a fish under the curse of (R)itter, he ends up with Ritter Neck. Even now I feel (H)is playful tugs when I try to sleep. I go to meetings and community events seemingly of my own will, but I know I am being led by this thing in my (n)eck. Four years after I.C. (initial contamination), I believed I had found the strength to fight John Ritter in a man named Ed Asner. Asner did what he could to help me through his billboard messages but Ritter would purposely scramble the words in order to control the tiny moments. Ritter is the cataract. Asner was weak, like me.

Stretch every morning...even your (n)eck!

Gum Arabic

Gum Arabic bought snacks from Samy's Market
Hostess Donettes; crumb
Expiration date: 07/11/04
Gum Arabic was happy to be in California
Gum Arabic's donuts were still good
In New York Gum Arabic's little donuts
Would be past expiration
In California there is extra time
Not much, but some

Don't buy off-brand tape. Spend the extra and get Scotch Tape.

Papain

Foot-Mother strengthens
Abdominal waste-container
Only finding half-shelves
Barely deep enough to hold
Just one medium papaya
All of his outings were tricks
Hot chocolate the false prize
Foot-Mother strengthens
What historical bonds existed
Usually oxidized by now
Still strong because of enzymes

Keep thinking about your father! Either that or try stopping!

Caffeine

halogen desk lamp
paint thinner hitting the bulb
now I am on fire

mineral spirits
wearing hot orange berets
do the jitterbug

Try using small carpet tacks instead of toothpicks. Metal rules!

Octacosanol

The Corian countertops add value to the home
Granite needs a sealant to resist premature aging
Caused by fluids soaking into the stone
Stone is alive, you know
It breathes in, but not out
Which is what living is like
Always taking more and more in
Weakening the stone with fluids
That have nowhere to go

Use the drops sparingly and do not blink. Plank!

Potassium Nitrate (Saltpeter)

Neighborhood dogs are subjected to fireworks
Their sensitive eardrums repeatedly send
Horrible messages to the brain
(A)sner is the brain
Ritter is the message

Massage your friends, but keep it playful!

Agrimony

John Ritter's divorce papers somehow ended up in my mailbox
He broke that woman's heart, according to the reasons given for dissolution
What a cruel trickster!
He once bridged the very real gap between father and son
Note that in Orlando, the believers have turned (i)t over to Nascar
Note that in Orlando, the Eucharist is more of a ginger-snap
Note that in every broken heart there is a gravity like no other
With a pull that forces all nearby bodies into an orbit
Satellites circling nothing

Things will not get better! Stay healthy!

Animal

What is it?
What does it look like?
Is it a bir?

Animal.

Iodine

Playground fight reads Atkins Manifesto! (P)layground is for married couples with (H)eart. Try the smoothies at Juice It Up! Juice It Up! Let pogrom pilgrims placate the blue plate special and head to Mountain Meadow. Be extra-person. Be extra-person NOW!

The (R)ed man didn't have a chance. The (R)itter took his (H)eart!

L-Tryptophan

Three Turks walk into a bar and one says to the bartender, "I'm feeling sleepy from the full meal I ate during my holiday celebration."
The bartender, (C)arl, looks at the first talking Turk and says, "There's plenty of hotels in the area if you need a place to sleep."
At this point, the second Turk steps up to the obviously Armenian bartender and says, "Yeah. You know what it's like to sleep, don't you?"
The (o)bviously Armenian bartender turns to Cindy and says, "Whoop-La-La!"
All bets are off for the rest of the evening.

Take a (T)urk to June Lake. Bad fishing beats work!

Cora.l.bum.in

Wow. I said it.
You believe me when I said it.
Wow.
You say it right uptop!
God I love you.
You say it right uptop.
No matter what the Mexicans do.
You are super. Sugar baby.
Super.
Let the thoughts out in the shower.
Super-baby!

Try letting go of the Mexicans. Tres Robles!

Yeast

She pleaded. She pled. Plead.
He seeded. He sed. Said.
You needed. You Ned. Ned Tillis.
Garden weeded. Garden wed. 1983.
We heeded. We head. We hid from Ned Tillis in 1983.

(N)ed forgives your (h)eart and neck.

Aldehyde Oxidase

He says to the whole bunch of us, "No person has ever been injured or killed by a human mind" and I said that if the mind was in a jar it could cause a whole lot of damage and he says, "You're thinking of a brain. I'm talking about a human mind" and I say back to him that I have an uncle who is wheelchair-bound because of a mind accident.
He says to the whole bunch of us, "This generation is hopeless" and I say to myself and not to him or the others that I sure am glad I'm not a part of this generation.

Go to church and wet yourself. Urine burns!

Haiku Meat

flesh-stench on heating
weather systems from corpses
swallowing yourself

Dance like a normal person! Do your body a favor!

Boron

What palsied excuse will I make for this afternoon?
Overcast inside and out
This day is my enemy
This day is my sworn enemy
Who had been waiting for me to make my move
And once I launched the attack
He was there and ready with the most cunning of weapons

Try being truthful, then wallow in regret!

Borage Seed Oil (non-fresh)

They say the cannibals weren't interested in tourists
That only a sworn enemy was worth eating
But you
You are worth eating
Yet I am not a cannibal
So you will be spared
Lucky you

Force yourself to vomit. Jerk!

Borage Seed Oil (outtake #2)

Over by the chair...be careful for the cord
Nice, nice. Now up with the hair...that's it--perfect
Now a little lower with the v-neck. That's good
Could we get one with the two of you together?
I just think there's a lot of energy flowing and it's the energy that sells the shots

Let people do what they want to you! Give up!

Panothenic Acid

You didn't have to stay for the whole thing
You could've left with (M)artin or (C)had
But you waited for me...
"Ooh yeah, baby--it means a lot to me-e, oh ooh yeah baby, it means a lot to me-e"
You could have taken the bus or a cab, but you didn't
You waited until they lowered him into the ground
And you could have simply left
But you waited for me...
"Ooh yeah, baby--it means a lot to me-e, oh ooh yeah baby, it means a lot to me-e"
Oh, yeah, sweet sugar
You're gonna get somethin' sweeter tonight
Yeah, I know you had to wait in the rain
The fresh dirt turnin' to mud on that eight foot by three foot area
Yeah, I know you were lookin' at the area
But you waited for me...
"Oh, uh-huh girl, you know it means a lot to me-e, oh ooh yeah baby, it means a lot to me"

Hippety-Hop is good for your (h)eart!

Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)

We shared food and formed a circle with the enemy
With the unknown so near or far away, we had some or no choice
The corners of her lips met one another at the back of her head
Her thin skin almost clear against her face
Forming a sort of cottage window with veins where the leaded glass should have been

Don't make me come down there! That's it...you're getting it right now!

Praseodymium

The division button says "Moscow" on the bottom
While the 9 button says "Cairo"
Chicago is the decimal
This begs the question about Los Angeles

You have negative apples! Women in Rio!

Licorice

Often confused with anus
Your word jokes aren't funny
Your word jokes are tiresome
You have a good heart,
So why do you rape language?
I say, in a high voice, "Not funny is not rape!"
And then I say, indignantly, "Tiresome is not rape!"
And you say that I have a good heart
and that I know what you're talking about
And I don't argue
Not because I know it's true,
But because I have confused language and sex
Rape has confused language (W)ith sex
(H)eart has confused language (W)ith love

Try a number 14 treble hook and Zeke's Floatin' Bait. Bad fishing beats work!

Compressed Air

You take the life of Roy Scheider and...
Like that!
I hear the distant cackling
Oh dear Virgin of Fresno
Sing me to sleep with a song so soft
That a mother's thigh or breast might seem trussed or girded
But dreams and nightmares use the same currency
And it is the latter I spend my savings on
Dear Mother of Scheider: Take what is yours!
Take my goddamned money!

Your actions send shockwaves through the lives of bored people!

Tribulus Terrestris

You're either with the Tribulus Terrestris
Or you're against the Tribulus Terrestris

Add a drop of human blood to your diet soft drink!

Black Cohosh

we travel back and forth like an Adlerian stick-pony
slow and thick at times, like the air is corn syrup
quick and nimble at others, like the dust is electric
going nowhere all the same

Canned air is what killed Roy Scheider!

Borage Seed Oil (before the conflict)

When the photo studio shut down
That Korean guy gave you all those empty film canisters
You said that each one was like an empty little world
We live in an empty little world
How sad for all the canisters

Take pills until you can sleep! It's totally safe!

Brewers Yeast

Only the bits of filth were evident after the pepper spilled
Tanya said she cleaned the kitchen but it seems more like she cleaned her pussy for Chad, the clarinet player
Aunt Nanna showed us the rat teat and laughed
Chad shows up for rehearsal. Drunk again.
John Ritter gave up. Ed Asner gave up.
The watery milk from the rat teat is not nourishment
The watery excuses for (R)itter and (A)sner mean nothing to Tanya
Chad gets drunk on rat milk

Who can turn the world on with her pussy? (R)at!

Chondroitin Sulfate (bovine source)

"You so strong for a white man"
Every day, I lift items.
"You pretty as a woman"
Items make my face look better.
"You have two nipples"
Both breasts held intact by items.
"You got nice items"
My items are the nicest.
"Items! Items!"
Yes. Items.
"Ooh! Items!"
God yes. Items.
"You so nice with your items"
I am nice with my items.

Give yourself a chance to grow without (n)eck pain!

Norepinephrine

Diet Coke can placed in front of fruitbowl
Mr. Fisher sits--notices can
Mrs. Fisher floats up to ceiling
She screams to her husband to help her regain control
Mr. Fisher picks up can of Diet Coke and takes a refreshing swig
Mrs. Fisher's head changes into the head of a crocodile
Mrs. Fisher now appears comfortable with her lack of gravitational constraints
Mr. Fisher finishes DIET COKE, setting the now-empty DIET COKE can in front of the fruitbowl
Mrs. Fisher wildly flails her legs in the air and is pushed forward to Mr. Fisher
Both embrace
Mrs. Fisher gives a sly, crocodile wink to the camera
Lights fade
The End

The answer is in the second drawer. Hide your weakness!

Cattail Tea

Endgame features churchmen
Spackle the frame to hide the notches
Endgame invites Brad Pitt to the relish tray
Brad Pitt invites (R)itter-(N)eck to Boston
Endgame features burnt umber vs. raw sienna
You ended up buying the model home
The one with a sliding glass door
Instead of the garage door
Endgame leaves malathion-stains
On your Mercury Bobcat
Leaves sticky leaves

Brad (P)itt fathered a demon!

Ginsenosides

On the roof of Three-Sharp (tower 3 of sharp, inc.)
Natalie and Gwen made plans to kill their husbands
The criss-cross thumping of news helicopters
And the realization that war is everywhere
Made for an interesting morning

Try a paste of baking soda, paprika, and water!

Magimba Root

You forget criminal prototype
I imagine you smelly
Regain trust through Mexican hep-talk
I only wanted that trip to Europe
I only wanted a hot, hot cup
Of magimba root tea
You served me the blood of the lamp
You light up my life

Remember- your friends are worried about you. Ass.

Goldenrod

Not a root but a calling from childhood
"It's on the goldenrod"
Well it's time to set the record straight:
I was the one who sniffed the mimeograph ink and, yes, I got really high.
I was the one who left the popsicle stick in the yard (I don't remember doing it, but it had to have been me).
I let Tiffany out of the back yard the day she got hit by the car.
I took a swig of my dying father's opiate cocktail (and I'd do it again).

(B)orrow money from a friend. You shouldn't drink!

Haiku Dog Prozac

Cosmo is so calm
Like a weight has been lifted
Canine on psych meds

Who am I fooling
The dog is not suffering
This world is awful

Territorial
What beast of nature isn't?
West coast punk rocker!

Mentally healthy
My wish is to be the dog
Shitting in the yard

Ritter is a non-issue! Screw yourself!

John Ritter

this blog is finished
no more John (R)itter for you
no more nutrients

take real vitamins
and take good care of yourself
avoid (R)itter neck

Thanks for letting me inside you!


---joel

Oil of Avanese

I can already hear her buttering the (B)ird! Quality time is only rendered in the unsalted variety. Plankton breeds and grows until it blocks out the sun, starving the oceanic plants beneath the surface. This (B)ird never swooped down on a kelp bass. (B)ird never knew much until JOHN RITTER stepped up to the plate and took his punishment like a man.

Listening to the tide roll in can be therapeutic! (R)itter neck bonanza!

Oxygen, pt. II

John Ritter dances in heaven with Scarlett Plankton at the annual Scurvy Ball. Then Ritter says to Plankton, "I worked with Don Knotts.", and Plankton looks Ritter in the Ritter eye and melts just like a Hershey bar in a double-boiler. Ritter and Plankton got "cloud burns" after the Scurvy Ball, if you get my drift.

Believe what you read! Lies are transmitted through the ears!

Oxygen

"Goes in pretty fast, ya think?"
"Don't know...I can't stand the thought of either of the Seafood Sisters getting milked."
"But Carl really knows how to tug a teat; just gets in there and the moo-juice flows like crazy."
"I'm just worried about Sand-Dabs' nipples...they look really raw."
"Maybe it's time you stopped thinking about bovine ta-tas and started paying more attention to what I'm holding here in my hand..."
"Sure I worry about Sand-Dabs and Ms. Prawn...but you would too if you spent as much time as I have making patterns to sew the extra sack-cloth into supportive udder slings..."
"Take a look here...you ever seen something like this?"
"I just want to live in a world where fashion can be used as a weapon against animal cruelty."
"You're one sick son-of-a-bitch. Now watch this!"

Use dairy products that have been exposed to air. You know why!

Tea Tree Oil

Earl's shoe was tied so tightly that his foot felt all tingly and numb. While the rhythmic fuzzy sensation felt good at first, the feeling soon became painful. Thousands of fire ants or millions of little lightning bolts...that's what was happening to Earl's foot.

Use both hands to greet your friends! Ritter-Neck!

Comfrey Extract

poor resolution
twenty-two years of ghosting
one more dead drummer

helping Sally move
the mommy! mommy! story
was beyond creepy

you died where Bob died
in the Pomona E.R.
but you were the first

how is it that now
the calculus of lost friends
splits the screen in two?

Buy a starfruit! I promise!

Glucoronolactone (Red Bull)

Complex! Complex! Put your hands where your pants are and do the pocket dance! What? Stop! You can't rest quietly while going into this good night. You can't write poetry to your ex-wife and not have a little "flopsy-time" once the Gossamer Bay is gone!

Try saving your change! You'll be rich!

Sage

Well it seems like Prissy's flown the coop! That's the charge they're making, Scoop! Tell me now if Prissy's gone because I like to watch her mow the lawn. I thought you'd keep an eye on Prissy, but it seems like you did not. If I'd have kept an eye on Prissy, I would have what she has got. That is what I would have caught--all the things that Prissy bought.
(gets real slow and moody here)
Prissy was great with plants. On important issues she took a stance. And boy, could Prissy dance. Maybe that's why she took a chance and bought a ticket out of town. Maybe that's why she threw the notion of romance back into the face of the funny clown.
(picks up speed; almost frantic now)
Prissy Prissy! Prissy!! Blah blah blah! Busy busy busy! Ta ta ta! I missy missy missy! Lawn lawn lawn! Prissy Prissy Prissy! Lawn lawn lawn!

These nutrients are almost more nutritious when they "rock" out! Quit bathing!

Charles Shaw (tannins)

Blue-red debit card
A feast laid out in nature
Transient smell-test

Yellow-blue starlight
A map overlaid on coal
Freerider problems

Jacket-yellow bug
Coins toss well-water to you
Cold buildings follow

A corkscrew makes a good defensive weapon! Keep your guard up!

Kava Kava standardized extract (Piper methysticum) (root)

caca-poopoo
lee baca
caca-baca
chaka-baca
.......................................marshal, will, and holly.......

Meet you at the pylon!

Charcoal (activated)

The picture on Colonel Chapman's wall was most definitely me. I scarcely remember visiting Palm Springs, let alone driving one of the new Buicks. I do remember blowing through those red lights...the power and magic of simply slamming my right foot onto the pedal; feeling my calf cramping and hearing the engine give off magic sounds...sounds that (i)t was meant to make but nobody ever had the balls to give (i)t what (i)t wanted. Then I was at the Marriott Courtyard and you were bringing me really old magazines with Canada Dry ads and Revlon and Merit ads also. Your protests made me stop the car. I don't remember if it really was a Buick.

Activated charcoal is easy to make, just burn some toast! Buick!

Borage Seed Oil (old skool remix, featuring Carm'L)

When I'm all up inside you, yeah, I can feel your seeds
Your borage seed oil
Is what I need
I figure with the pressure
I can expel or expresser
You, ooh baby, you
You, ooh my baby, ooh--you
Ooh you, you, ooh baby, ooh
Yeah oh you, yes ooh
Now do I have to explain it, baby every night
Your borage seed oil
(to get it, ooh yeah) is the fight of my life
You know I'm always lovin' on you
'Cuz I know you're always holding
A drop or two
You, ooh baby, you
You, ooh my baby, ooh--you
Ooh you, you, ooh baby, ooh
Yeah oh you, yes ooh

Get out and dance now and then! You'll feel sexy!

Sage

Muskmelon derides crosshatch for the (N)ew (M)ineral. Catch a fish for the electorate and swallow your pride once again. Your idea of sharing is the distribution of gaffing sticks. For Christ's sake, don't take the pills! Your suicide is only a one-time event for you.

See you in Hell!

Borage Seed Oil, pt. IIa

Whatever you heard about Mr. Yucca Valley was incorrect. The prison didn't shut down because of money problems, like some would have you believe. The real demise of incinc was the "loose lips" that permeated the admin. While seemingly brutal, a nice "dirty war" would've kept us all in the dough.

This time you're the bagel dog! Finger yourself!

Dehydroepiandrosterone

The Queen gave a dinner in honor of Murray, unaware that wire barbeque brush had already begun its descent into Promodial Gesture Statute Entrophic Dissolution (PGSED). Could it have been the heat of the coals? All I know is that when the Queen hears about Murray's perforated duodenal wall, she'll simply write a check. Heck-Neck. Robert Palmer and John Ritter play Heck-Neck down in Heck. John Ritter uses wire barbeque brush on Robert Palmer's (N)eck. Queen plays scry and remembers her own experience with a (N)eck full of Ritter. Ritter-Fritter!

Try to be careful when reading hormones! Chances are, (R)itter (N)eck!

Borage Seed Oil, pt. II

The meanest guy in the prison was named "Lichen" and he was the charter inmate of Inc., Inc. In fact, he had (prior to his conviction for making a table out of a person) been the deciding vote on the Malwick County Board of Supervisors to contract with Inc., Inc. for a state-of-the-art maximum security prison. Lichen was unbelievably cruel to both his fellow inmates and the guards. He was known to give "the cold shoulder" and "the silent treatment" to those with whom he became cross.

That was truly Borage Seed Oil, pt. II. To be continued (prolonged)!

Opium

Home taping killed music.
My dogs won't shut up.
Home taping killed music and my dogs just won't shut up.
I used to like music (prior to it being killed) and I still like my dogs (less, though, than when they were quiet).
If music had not been killed, I would put some on to drown out the dog sounds.
But my records have decayed, their worn jackets epitaphs.
And my dogs...they just won't shut up.

Take yourself out on a date! It's cheap and it's fun!

Cod Liver Oil

Mr. Shiny says, "Dew drops are mercurial and rock music is a tool of the conservatives to keep the kids hoping they never become us." Seems like all the "C" words are taking on lives of their own. They grow up so fast.

Kiss a fish!

Borage Seed Oil (Dramatic Intro)

The profession of whores
Is the practice of whorage
And in the fighting of wars
There will always be warage
And when frequenting stores
You're engaging in storage
So please keep the Boers
Off my oil of seed borage

Keep a daily journal of your seed oil intake or find a profession that you love!

Folic Acid

Yesterday's Borage Seed Oil, pt. II was not a sanctioned entry in the Borage Seed Oil (BSO) line of Visual Nutrients. While there will be no apologies for the unsanctioned entry, there will be snacks served after the presentation.

The snacks have been poisoned!

Borage Seed Oil, pt. II

Semites and those looking like them joined hands and prayed the rosary! Good loving ensued followed by some moist applause aimed at appeasing the (D)emocrats and (R)epublicans in the audience. I once loved a rat named Genine.

With both her lower and her upper jaw.

Spruce Tips

This is not Borage Seed Oil, pt. II. This is Spruce Tips.

Spruce it up!

Chlorine

This is not Borage Seed Oil, pt. II. This is Chlorine. This nutrient has saved your useless life more times than you could ever count. You have no fucking understanding of the bacteria and protazoa that are lined up to kill your ass. They're taking numbers for the chance to turn your pancreas into soup, all the while you're taking Chlorine for granted. I dare you to go one day without the luxury of Chlorine. You couldn't last.

Try learning one new word a day! Keeps you from seeming stupid!

Borage Seed Oil

Lines formed quickly outside the fire-gutted Macy's. Leonard, sitting on his Hindu-Matic "Anti-Stress" Stool in the warden's office, saw no need to let the old man know anything about what was to happen in little over an hour. From Warden Padich's office window, one could see the entire mallscape of the People's Plaza (PP). With the PP only three miles away from Incarceration Incorporated (Inc., Inc.), many of the prisoners talked amongst themselves about "getting a whiff" of a Cinnabon when the morning breeze would kick up.

To be continued, just like your nutritional desires!

Manganese (as manganese carbonate)

The ladies got real emotional at the Ron Howard memorial service. Henry Winkler gave a speech about his own struggle with the bottle; even letting on that he might be married to two people! And the party trays were to die for--what with all the different kinds of olives! I had no idea! I was the third to leave...right after Dr. Anaheim. I already want more of those olives.

Two years is nothing.

Oxygen

Mars will be within arm's reach in two days and you have done nothing to prepare for it. Your Budd Hopkins Book-Club membership means less now than it did when you first met the RV sisters. Wednesday will come and go and you will have learned nothing. Your hand, full of red dust.

Buy a gun!

Motrin

There are institutions and there are institutions
And then there's what you believe
None of it makes any sense
Except for what you believe
And explaining that to yourself
Doesn't really get you anywhere

I can't even imagine how much this hurts!

Vitamin K

You use people like you use the paper towels at work
Never a thought to how many get tossed aside
But your hands are clean
And dry

Skin is the first line of defense!

DHEA

Oh, carrot sticks!
I saw you running your mouth at Cafe-Cafe!
Susan may not be the best in hair but, oh my!
Army surplus is fashion, then it's not, and now it is again
Parachute pants are easy to take off (fuck-fuck)
I heard about your bout with fibromyalgia
I pretend not to climax because of your disease
I pretend that my body has loosened from its moorings
I pretend that everything's better in the morning
Oh, carrot sticks!

You feel awful for a reason!

Flax Seed Oil

I heard about your little run-in with Mel Gibson. (six)
His shirts are almost always wrinkled. (nineteen)
Mel Gibson gets away with murder. (four)
There was that whole thing with your trip to Pup'n'Taco. (four)
And now his face is all over the news. (ten)
It is so hard to be good like Mel Gibson. (ten)
There is only so much a man can do. (four)
It was easier when there was no Mel Gibson. (six)
To keep you from walking out that door. (god)

A brisk walk outside is all you need!

Righteousness

a hitler salute is given toward the moon on a california summer night
tonight the new fascism has the red carpet rolled out for it
arnold is as much six letters as ronald
we are fucking doomed.
doomed.

Please hide your weapons from the new military!

Cactus

Thank you, little cactus
the sun can kill you
but not as fast as the sun
can kill me
BUT THAT
has no impact on my decision
to stay in sunny southern California

Cowabunga!

Bioflavinoids

mr. runt seeks clarification on the FINLEY contract
seems someone's not doing (t)heir [(h)is or (h)er, to apply correct grammatology] job
is it (y)our department that needs looking into?
or will the problem fix (I)tself?

The sun is made out of vitamins!

Bird

have some gin and think about why you would rather be playing video games than coming up with another goddamned nutrient of the day or whatever. start your sentence in lower case because you're e.e. bukowski. come back from vacation and have "inventory" heaped all about your feet and neck. more information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Your toes hold you to the ground!

Folic Acid

they only wanted a casual, backyard, barbeque wedding
the high-society planner ruined everything
future wife wilted under planner's hot stares
future husband had no spine to begin with
their wedding was terrible

Have you had your folic acid today?

Vitamin E

meet me in Malta
we will both be 25
neither of us showed

Nutrients are often disguised as regret!

Folic Acid

I know a lot about music
stanzas and note-pegs and altavos
I write the songs x2
I know about your "Betty"
care to elaborate?
didn't think so.

Cowards!

Cub Scout

your sister used your mom's perfume
goddamn it's tough to be a man

Don't fuck your sister!

Cod

I go swimming to relieve stress
There are no problems in my pool
Once a doctor nearly drowned (drownded) in the shallow end
He was drunk and his wife kept laughing like it was a big joke
But he was standing, so how could he be drowning (drownding)?
Sure enough, though
We got him out of the pool and on his side
First his lungs emptied, then his gut
He must have violated a rule or a law

Always use a mushroom brush to avoid slime and bruises!

Taurine

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone.
I see all right, but without my glasses I'm fucked.
I see you've brought home a bag of anthrax spores...
Or is that wheat gluten?

I can breathe deeply, because I am innocent.
I breathe all night, with the help of a machine.
I take a deep breath of ether from your vial...
Or is that Old Spice?

Old Spice can be used to take the sting out of a rodent bite!

Yerba Mate

Verizon owns loggerhead shrike
Wireless communication for the mimic thrush
Local and long-distance on one bill

When you sleep, the Devil controls your thoughts!

Flax Seed Oil

If you can spare just a minute of your time, I can change your life forever. Have you ever fantasized about having unlimited income? Would you believe me if I told you that unlimited income could be yours for saying just one simple word? Wait. I can make this even easier for you. Simply nod your head up and down. That's it! You've agreed. Congratulations!

Once you commit yourself to a goal, giving up is the same as cutting your wrists!

Zinc

a SoCal oven
KOLA 99.9
the Beach Boys age well

car seat strapped in tight
mom needs some shit from Walmart
wouldn't it be nice?

"you stay here for now"
A.C. and radio on
help me Rhonda, yeah

mommy's back so soon
she's got her bag full of shit
surf's up, starbaby!

Have a bitchin' summer!

Sodium

Dumb child brings home the radish tops! "Can these for the future!" is his clarion call. Voters regret not having seen the initial release. Congeal! Congeal!

Your electrolytes work in harmony with one another!

Cobalamin (B12)

Hospital attorney is courageous. Abdominal wall penetration by monitor glass is both achy and breaky. Hank Williams is propelled to stardom by death, so why be afraid? Your airplane will eventually cease to function. Just like you.

All meat has an expiration date!

Bioflavonoids

I was raised by wolves. I washed graves and doves. Eye wash pays in droves. I lost days in groves. I got fillet mignon. I'm not made for gloves.

Older people bruise more easily during intercourse!

Quercetin

Electricians avoid making potty-talk. Plumbers even avoid making potty-talk. Ill-behaved children and those who over-use hyphens can avoid potty-talk, but it takes discipline. Plumbers without adequate social resources tend to have low self-esteem and higher incidences of documented potty-talk. Electricians who are disabled because of on-the-job, work-related, doing-what-they-were-being-paid-to-do types of injuries often fall back into a lifestyle of potty-talk. Over-hyphenaters brought up in a super-conflicted immedio-familio mileau (words imported by Wescon, a division of Seabridge Corporate Alliance) will often display a thwarted utilization of self-discipline, thus leading to ever-increasing hyphenation that directly correlates with mega-usage of bathroom-verbiage (this simple translation of the term "potty-talk" was assisted by Memory of Things Learned, a division of Seabridge Corporate Alliance).

Your parents used you as an excuse for their ever-increasing distance from one-another!

Burdock Root

I went packing to Temple-Brat for the mustard wars. Seems the Jimmies cannot stop firing rifles at the Carls. Carls are no slouches, though, when it comes to battle. Carls are fond of bathing in their own piss and running at their enemies. The days of easygoing barn-raising ing-ing are over. Gotta face it.

When using herbs as flavor enhancers, always wipe from front to back!

Niacinamide

Even the non-religious thank God sometimes. God is a beatiful Italian woman and mom hates Her. Mom says She yells on our doorstep, but I have yet to hear Her. I do know that Her stupid kids don't shut the door when they use the bathroom. What kind of manners has God taught Her kids?

Staying regular means less arguments!

PABA

Baba made boo-boo with caca.

Make sure to clean up your shit!

Bromelain

Lemon pie for pity
Makes you hate the human
Sweet and sour and flakey
Loved ones pound your bones
Some coffee with your citrus?
It seems you've only said "no"
It's liquid-hot, and bitter
But getting colder

Injuries heal faster with healthy thinking!

Glucosamine

strengthen my large bone
arthritic and sore as hell
just like my small bone

A daily dose of Visual Nutrients can help you live longer!

Carbon

Have you been to Smiley Heights? They say it snows there every night. Donuts for the kids are free and all respect the elderly. Snowmen grace the yards of neighbors; sunlight melts the children's labor. Grandma darns a hefty quilt while daytime bleaches nighttime's silt. Parents' pride in their creations; siblings hide in desperation.

Burnt toast can help an upset tummy!

Evening Primrose

Kevin Costner buys roses from Sal before being struck. Kevin (Mr. Costner) knows about life on the streets. A child denies anything happened with Mr. Costner (Kev). Eleven years old and so many holes in his fingers. The paramedic unit responds and promptly uses $342.00 worth of medical supplies. Turns out they all know each other and have the same opinion about Vietnam. "A great time to invest!" and "Very earthy people!" pours out of mouths and leaves rivulets of non-crimson on once-sterile gauze.

The prettiest names can have potency!

Thiamine

a comfortable wren
taking solace in a pond
mites destroy your nest

bird in a cool bath
eggs eaten through by arach-
nids sids mids dids kids

comfortable lie
feather pillow holds your head
chicks sure dig spiders

If you drink too much, take extra thiamine!

Iron

I always end up back at 146 Loretto Court. Out in the backyard and my father will be a zombie. He walks around the swimming pool (which is filthy because I never cleaned it like I was supposed to) and he's left a cigarette burning on his dresser. He shouldn't be smoking because he died of cancer. He isn't a scary zombie, but neither is he a benign zombie. Just walks around the dirty pool and I know he's thinking about what a lousy son I (was) am. The cancer that killed him is nothing compared to the cancer he left inside me; the cancer of self-doubt and self-hatred. The cancer of never being enough or doing enough. It is more than likely that I am the zombie and he is the one breathing. I breathe dead air as his cigarette burns into the dresser.

Men should be careful about their iron intake. Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing!

Phosphatidyl Choline

Hot mama biker lady turns hubby out for a change. Chain-letter fabric-men do little to combat the rampant military excercises going on in the front yard. Army helmets and biker helmets (same thing now) mix it up while $12.99 bandanas soak up the excess. Hot mama biker lady thinks nothing about the kittens under her porch. Mewlers watching gay gladiators while spreading more life everywhere. Life everywhere!

There are nutrients in swimming pools!

Chromium Picolinate

I got your letter.
I got your letter complaining.
I got your letter complaining about my lack of consideration.
I got your letter complaining about my lack of consideration when it comes to paying the bar tab.
I got your letter complaining about my lack of consideration when it comes to paying the bar tab at the end of the night.
I wrote you back.
I wrote you back complaining.
I wrote you back complaining about your choice of drinks.
I wrote you back complaining about your choice of drinks that cost a fuckin' arm and a leg.
I wrote you back complaining about your choice of drinks that cost a fuckin' arm and a leg and taste like fake fruit.
All we ever do is complain in writing and drink.

Use minerals to rebalance yourself!