VITAMINS AND MINERALS

1. The Rooms Look Bad
2. The Man, So Stuck
3. He Wants to Move
4. He Takes a Nap
5. He Falls Away
6. He Sleeps Too Much
7. He Needs to Breathe
8. He Finds the Book
9. Just for Example
10. And So He Does
11. Just Follow Me
12. He Grabs Some Cake
13. It Comes to This
14. The Soul Seems Lost
15. Kick Ass


3.

He wants to move. He wants to move.

Both his body and from his apartment.
He sets his mind up, makes a date for exercise and embarkment.

He wants to move. He wants to move.

A good idea, a plan, a goal.
Exercise his body, exercise his mind, exercise his soul.
Every day of a six-day week.
Take one off the reach his peak.
Wake up first and work the spirit.
Meditate and adhere it.

Incense, candlelight, clarity and grace.
Elements of style for an open simple space.

To exercise the mind a bit:
A crossword puzzle to keep it fit.
Stimulate the neurons with a headache on the crown.
Work it til his brain hurts or he gets 11-Down.
Break another habit of the screwed-up albatross.
Figure out the answer to 45-Across.

Do a little swimming, stretch his muscles, make them trim.
Run along the river; workout at the gym.
Make a little statement, pack a punch, then take a bow.
Turn his life upside down. But maybe not right now.

He wants to move. He wants to move.

03/19/2008

Author's Note: Vitamins and Minerals was written in June 2003. It was originally performed as a One-Man-Poetry-Show at One Arm Red Theatre in DUMBO, Brooklyn. You can read the poem in its entirety. Or broken up in 15 individual pieces.

Posted on 03/19/2008
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