- Psychiatric Times Vol 19 No 5
- Volume 19
- Issue 5
Power
Ask me about power and I'll tell you cigar smoke, the way it darkens like a thunderhead
Ask me about power
and I'll tell you cigar smoke,
the way it darkens like a thunderhead
or curls thin as an assassin's wire.
I'll tell you how smoke
sticks to your flesh
for the length of a career,
and I'll tell you about the day
the Chairman of Psychiatry
gathered us in a conference room,
pulled a Havana from his pocket,
chewed the end, and blew
each long drag in the patient's face
shouting, "Are you crazy?"
as if the man could remove an electrode
planted in his brain by the FBI.
And when the patient finally cried,
the Chairman turned
to his audience of students and residents,
took the cigar from his mouth,
and examined it like a surgical instrument,
slime at one end, the tip burning red.
He smiled at the cigar, chomped down,
took another suck.
Articles in this issue
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Patient Drug Information From Mass Media Sourcesover 23 years ago
Addiction Treatment Progress and Obstaclesover 23 years ago
Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Making the Determinationover 23 years ago
Identifying Predictors of Drug Response in Patients With OCDover 23 years ago
Managing Complianceover 23 years ago
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