28 May 2003 - suburbia

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2003 : 28 May 2003

Convenience Stores Form The Base Of The Food Chain

In suburbia there are no primary producers. The grass is fed from mines, and the birds swoop down like saucer aliens, saying “Take me to your feeder!”

clue:

Nitrogen fertilizers are usually made with oil or natural gas as an ingredient; potash fertilizers and phosphate fertilizers start as rock. The grass is fed from mines.

give me a clue so sweet and true