THE MUSEYou owe me. Pay up. According to my accounts, you have...
CASUAL FRIENDSend lies to the people listed below....
THE AWARDS COMMITTEEThis is to notify you that--but what's the use?...
THE WISEThe world could fall to pieces with no notice....
UNCLE ALA chicken is a touchy creature....
THE OTHERSHere where we live the lines are down and the surprises build into snowbanks...
DANNYDusty Clinton Township kids making paper roosters and snowball...
SAMUEL RENSBERGER I am your grandfather's grandfather and through my wakeless sleep I dream...
OLD NEIGHBOREast across low muddy fields and behind the screening trees you can see...
THE WORM COUNCILWe call your attention to worms. Though sweeping ice age disaster...
THE HERONI flew in down by the round deep pond behind your house...
WITNESSI saw the largest moon ever rise huge bright yellow, sailing where it cared to...
HERBAL
Call it Cleavers, Jupiter's Nut,
Old Maid's Nightcap, Weazel Snout,
Key of Heaven, Adonis, Bugbane, or
Upright Virgin's Bower. Say that it's
striated, herbaceous, pyramidal,
has pendulous panicles. Use an
extract, infusion, poultice,
decoction, mouthwash, or gargle for
obstinate skin eruptions,
gout,
earache, nausea, ringworm,
languid indigestion
and flatulence.
A caution: though it is a
fine, cleansing, jovial plant,
very fragrant when bruised,
it converts the Rhenish wine to
insanely exhilarating Muscatel,
stupefies fish, and if eaten by birds
will tinge their bones red.