extreme unction

anoint the sick, the cancer sick, the sick and tired.

anoint the sick of heart, the sick joke, the sick of-this-place.

anoint the sick of industry, of politics, and the call-in-sick.

anoint the sick in-the-head, the sick bastard, and the bone-marrow sick.

anoint the sick anointer of those to be anointed, the sick voodoo of Church,

the hemoglobin sick, and the sick sonofabitch wherever to be found. 

anoint the sick old-timer in 906 who's never been seen

and never been heard, save for the scuttlebutt of the hallways.

anoint the intestinal sick, and the sick of the here-and-now, although

in nowadays parlance, "sick" translates to "good" which lies in contradiction

to the message herein.    

when in scenic Quequechan, visit the "Ye Olde Extreme Unction Gift Shoppe"

open 9 to 5 Monday thru Friday.