The Drama of Possibility: Experience as Philosophy of Culture

Part 5: Teaching

part five teaching lurking A writing fellow Freud By name Taught me That the world Is not the way It seems to Be ——— When I am Ailing From whatever A response is Immediate And confident Take A Pill Say they But Pills are not the way They seem to Be ——— Lurking Are the many Blindside-effects Neuro-transmittering with forked tongues The din of serotonin {  }  the drama of possibility crashes Shaking, itching In the midst of unrequited sleep what is wrong With me? My ailing has Been replaced By Flailing Courtesy of a Neuro-Pharmo Pill So Skip the cure Slide-effect the lurking Switch to Chicken soup And Ginger Ale John J. McDermott June 2006 ...