The Unveiling van Joe Mellen - een gedicht ter ere van Bart Huges
Bart admired Freud
and considered mental health
the most important problem
but he looked at it from a new perspective
he saw the physiology beneath psychology
he was the first person
to see the vital part
played by the blood distribution
great discoveries
are often very simple in essence
just as gravity pulls the ripe apple from the tree
so it pulls blood from the brain
of the upright man
concentration of blood in one centre
is effected by withdrawal of blood from others
these are simple concepts to grasp
once the initial insight has been revealed
yes the central nervous system
is an electrical system
impulses pass electrically
along the neural pathways
but beneath this chemical labyrinth
lies something more basic
the blood supply
the sine qua non
of life
until Bart came along
-Joseph ‘Joe’ Mellen, bewonderaar van Bart Huges. In navolging van Huges trepaneerde Mellen zijn schedel in 1970.