SAMPLE PRESCRIPTION:
NAME: Cxxxxxx Wxxxx
AILMENT: strong desire for travel and new possibilities yet feeling stuck in one place
SYMPTOMS: alternating between fear and excitement, possibility and entrapment, wild optimism and dreary realism
ALLERGIES: none
SHIPPING ADDRESS: Chicago, IL
Rx: Mares/Oceans by Juan Ramon Jimenez, "I have a feeling that my boat/has struck, down there in the depths,/against a great thing..."
Directions: Walk to Lake Michigan. Facing the water, read poem out loud 1x in Spanish. Turn around. Read poem out loud 1x in English. Listen for waves behind you. Return home. Read poem in quiet space 1x nightly for 1 week.
BEFORE READING THIS POEM: Imagine yourself in Mexico, Spain, or Italy; let your eyes meet the horizon line; climb the inner staircase; remember that your heart is a map. CAUTIONS: do not read poem under florescent lights; do not be startled by silence. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS: poem may cause delirious mind travel; may cause extreme desire to roam inner truths; possible vivid dreaming may occur; may experience unapologetic self-determination and immense love for unknown futures.
OVERDOSE: not likely; feel free to distribute to those suffering similar symptoms. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: place yourself in Berger's field and frame a bird mid-flight; become that bird; call on faith in unexpected pleasures and spoken intentions.
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