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“Riskatol” by Shawn Marks

“Riskatol” by Shawn Marks
December 7, 2020 Nā Leo Literary Review

Are you unemployed? Sick of your job? Bored with your girlfriend? Hating school? Wishing your pop-fly to left field was a triple? Jealous of your neighbor’s 2021 Audi RS 5 phantom-black automatic with premium wheels, heated front seats, and a moonroof?

If so, you need Riskatol: Our new and improved medication for a better lifestyle.

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When taking Riskatol, do not operate heavy machinery. Consuming alcohol while taking Riskatol may induce irrational behavior, aggressiveness, an intense craving for flapjacks, a sudden belief in conspiracy theories, and sleep apnea.

Swelling of the small toe, tongue, or eyelids may occur.

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Side effects may include:

Acute Kidney Failure

Bed-Wetting

Chickenpox

Dumping Syndrome

Ebola

Fractured ribs

German Measles

Hoarding Disorder

Erectile Dysfunction

Involuntarily Turning Your Neck to the Left

Jock Itch

Kidney Failure (Non-acute)

Lead Poisoning

Malaria

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Overactive Bladder

Polio

Questioning the meaning of life

Rabies

Schizophrenia

Trichotillomania

UTIs

Ventricular Fibrillation

Wrinkles

X-linked agammaglobulinemia

Yelling at Biden Supporters

Zoning out (linked with ADHD, Narcolepsy, or Watching the Weather Channel)

Artist’s Statement:

“While I lay in my bed, I thought about the subject of my abecedarius. I was clueless until I stumbled upon the idea of making a drug commercial. The alphabetical list was all of the possible side-effects of the medication. After using Mayo Clinic’s website to search for conditions and diseases in alphabetical order, I took the funniest and least realistic side-effects I could find.

I also based the opening lines on real commercials. I searched YouTube videos, and my father and I laughed our asses off to them. The part about operating heavy machinery and swelling came from a real commercial for a drug called Ambien CR.

Lastly, I tried to weave a few current events for an extra kick.”

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