1. a kind of flying insect made out of beans with an intelligence too great
for it to be killed by that hanging electric device in the back yard
2. a condition of our French lungs
3. an alternative technique for particles to be absorbed through a
lingustic cell membrane
4. a fake Japanese word
5. the poetics of the wooden legs found in Ray Johnson collages
6. a blind but decorative philosopher who lives on the edge of town and
makes his own glue from others' thoughts
7. indicative of poetry in general
8. a drug to cure lack of religious feeling in viscous white dogs
9. the ignorance one finds in any basement
10. cosmic words to live by spoken in a 4/4 rhythm but not until lunch and
always with the radio turned off
11. a wide-angle lens used to take pictures of gristle or just the stupidity
of negative programming in HTML
12. a 20th century drug one should never try to revive onesself with
13 fossil fuel should be conserved, trade in yr SUV for one of those new
electric cars
14. the barricades where the rioters hide from their poltergeists
15. needs no explanation
16. the clock which reminds me it's time to write. You never wake up though
17. metal food for whales
18. anyone who refuses to participate in any of America's favorite pasttimes
while navigating a narrow English river boat with a long pole.
19. a drug which makes one immune to kicks in the rump while engaged in
interstellar travel
20. history is erased while surfing the web for something pertinent or life
going on while you're making other plans and receiving notice to simply pay attention
to something
21. an ointment which the manufacturer claims is a cure for visual
illiteracy but really isn't and everyone knows it
22. a drug which aids in the maintenence of pataphysical walking paths
23. a drug which makes everything you write after using it a joke
24. a drug which makes observing a few people eating sandwiches at a
stoplight more enjoyable
25. a free bootleg cure for the headaches caused by reading between the
lines
26. a would-be drug which completely eliminates the semantic variances
between being alone and lonliness

R. Altemus 4/23/00