Circus Envy Lyrics

Lyric discussion by GwiberWyrdd 

Cover art for Circus Envy lyrics by R.E.M.

This is something that's been bothering me for years...decades even (when are we gonna get the 25th anniversary remastered-with-bonus-tracks-etc. version of Monster, anyhow?): I don't get the line, "I'd spelled your name with Oatios." Call me clueless (been called worse)...but does anybody know, or have some idea, what this means, or at least what it refers to?

@GwiberWyrdd Oatios is a brand of breakfast cereal. Similar to Cheerios. Those three lines go together.

The strong man kicked sand into my breakfast cereal bowl I'd spelled your name with Oatios He messed it, messed it, messed it, messed it up

He spelled her name using Os in the cereal bowl. Now, why using only the letter O would work and the implication of that is another matter I'm not entirely sure I get.