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17.  Mr. Ass  Mr. Mule And Washington

“We were once horses”

A mule and a donkey 

Reminiscing old days

This tearful ass recalling

“That horse was far away

Far real far away

Climbing uphill puffing huffing

 I ‘d never seen a mad horse

On wheels and rails

Wrong I was very wrong

Thinking this old thing

Would not make it

Then from nowhere

Rolling over my belly

I was left disfigured

Short and big ears forever

" Hey Mr Mule what's your story"

Curious I poked as Mr. Mule began talking

“ Saw the fat horse all the way

Crazy I thought

 A horse billowing smoke

You dumb ass come near me

I'll show you my smoke

When it came

I kicked hard very hard

My mistake huge mistake

Missing him and falling

HIs sharp nails rails and wheels

Precise castration

My thing cut forever gone ”

“ Thank you my Mr. Ass and Mr. Mule”I said

‘Thanks for your painful memories

 How strange do  they sound

 Your train wreck stories

 Echo life in modern world

 We in Washington

 Not blessed by mad trains

 Only bad agencies

 Striking humans”

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 I Came From Istanbul

My religion peace

My race is a long journey

A long one

Born a naked ape

Raised American

Of immigrant blood

In search of meaning

Of elephants and forests

Losing sleep

Losing a lot of sleep

Yet every day

A clue

A new cue

A miniscule light

Then I realize

Swimming with dolphins

Surviving the ocean

I came from Istanbul

And the rumors

Are plain lies

Fox spreading rumors

I came from earth dust and water

 My hair and eyes show

 My eyebrows tell

I am and I shall be

My mama and baba

Love is mama

Peace is baba

Fox is dead wrong

I am mama and baba

I am their hair and skin

Their hair skin and soul

I came from Istanbul

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Never Admit Mistakes

“We should never

Never ever

Admit mistakes”

My friend Giorgio

A Sicilian mule preaches

Born in that little village

Surrounded by vineyards

That's where

Exactly where

His kind father

A gentle mule received

Dozens and dozens

Mean lashes

Ripping skin some blood

All upon

Confession in confidence

Behind thick walls

“ Yes I did kick this short ape

Masquerading  doctor

Squeezing  my colonies”

Papa Georgio had barked

Cried and begged for mercy

The ape went on till….

Rumors of a bloodied vet

Pancaked and down

Engulfing entire village

 Rising anger

Waving whips and the wisdom

“Never admit wrongdoing”

Were born and inherited by

My friend George

Now a preacher

In that village

Not far from Washington
And that's why
 We would never admit
 JFK's death was an inside job

The gap between science and practice in psychiatry

   Doctors For Equal Rights For Physical And Mental Pain

        8409 Carlynn Dr. Bethesda, MD 20817               alensalerian@gmail.com

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       Founding members Siobhan Reynolds Kevin Byers Vanessa Mullin Alen J Salerian

Solange MacArthur

The Gap Between Science And Practice In Psychiatry

     The gap between scientific knowledge and common practice in psychiatry is huge.

     The victims of this gap are people with mental and physical pain. The examples are many and worthy of public attention:

    1.The classification of controlled substances is unscientific and accurate based upon archaic knowledge. Many medications with limited potential harm from overuse --such as several attention deficit disorder and pain medications-- are tightly controlled with burdensome regulations.

    2. Many common psychiatric disorders such as depression and substance abuse are complications of various primary brain disorders. Treating them as if they are primary independent disorders have greatly contributed to poor therapeutic outcome. For instance in general people with substance abuse problems  suffer from specific brain abnormalities  in orbitofrontal cortex function shown by functional MRI studies.

Science has made significant progress in finding answers for difficult mental problems. Sadly the same thing cannot be said about the politics of mental illness.

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14.Orbiting The Moon

 Is love

 Orbiting the moon

 By boat

 Fueled by passion?

 Is Love

 Ancient fuel

Different things

Magical moon?

 Is love grandpa

 Dogs cats and gay?

Who says

Silent nature

Flowers say

“We are gay”

Trees

 Entangled in love

Bees loving honey

Mountains falling in love

Blinded by valleys

Hikers climbing

And rushing down

Flooding rivers

Going to the moon

By boat

Fired by passion