Richard M. Berlin

"Sometimes as an antidote To fear of death, I eat the stars..." Any Good Poem Richard Berlin, MD, shares the poem " ," by Rebecca Elson.

"But when I finally learned to feel everything, I became a psychiatrist who touches nothing but a patient's hand at the first meeting and the final good bye..."

"The end of the world was mistaken for just another midday massacre in America. Brain matter and broken glass, blurred boot prints in pools of blood..."

"I remember the first time my fingers burrowed the swamp where belly joins leg to feel an artery throb..."

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"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..."

"the immigration raid when the rumor of a raid was passed around like bread & the women made plans, si dios quiere..."

"A 'Prior Auth' parasite dumps me on hold, sucks another hour from my life, one more chance to practice my 'Close-Your-Eyes- And-Imagine-a-Blank-Screen' coping skill..."

"Today I am the oldest I have been..." Any Good Poem Richard Berlin, MD, shares the poem, “ ,” by Emily Jungmin Yoon.

"I want to read poems at the white house. I want to read poems at the white house with all the pomp available."