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 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, and

lastly,–– anoint the anointer of the sick to be anointed.   

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

where stage-cut performances of the process are held every Sunday morning.