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Category Archives: POETRY
THE ANATOMY LESSON
The opening sentence of this poem is a direct quote from an anatomy lecture during first year medical school. The entire class of 160 was hunched over their papers scribbling maniacally the entire lecture. As usual, I wasn’t taking notes … Continue reading
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A&P
Back in 1975, before the days of mass hybridization, watermelons had seeds. When I worked for a summer at a grocery store in Estes Park Colorado, one of my many tasks involved cutting melons so that the seeds were not … Continue reading
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EXCERPTS FROM A SUICIDE
This is a series of vignettes drawn from a larger unfinished work entitled A Suicide. It is written in the first person. You might think it is about me — it’s not. As a physician and psychiatrist, it is both … Continue reading
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Tagged crack, death, depression, despair, determination, hope, life, pistol, poem, poetry, suicidal, suicidal depression, suicide, walls
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THE ANATOMY LAB
The Chorda Tympani is a small branch of the facial nerve that passes through the middle ear. During first year medical school, my cadaver lab instructor offered a 6-pack of beer to any student who could locate this tiny nerve … Continue reading
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Tagged body, cadaver, cadaver lab, carroll, dissection, human, human body, Jabberwocky, lewis, Lewis Carroll, medical, medical school, nonsense
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UNLOCKED SECLUSION 