Somewhere in a musty storeroom
Atop a dusty shelf lined with
Bottles and canisters, chemical agents,
Missing dramas penned by Shakespeare,
The formaldehyde soaked brain of Edna St. Vincent Milet
Somewhere among all this stuff
Somewhere in this area, this four by four enclosure
This Fijian fortress
Rests a cardboard box with a stamp from the British Isles
Affixed to the upper right hand corner
Containing the bones of Amelia
Open this box if you can
Disturb the dust around it
Free these refugees from Gardner Island
These eleven desiccating sticks
Choose carefully
Find me the ulna
Not that one! The left ulna
Boil some tea
Let it steep in the oils of Sleepy Time
For approximately ten minutes
Then throw in the eye of newt and wolfsbayne
And whisper "destination."
Then, take this bone and stir slowly
Stir until the liquid starts to make its mark
A hazy circle around the distal end
A greenstick tattoo, not a fracture
Please drink deeply.
Let the potion roll round the palette
Then swallow not once but three times.
It is rumored that this elixir
Gives the user the power over
The destinies of sparrows.
