Under the tongue
the pills
in disguise
will end up
flushed away
in the sewers
at each
and every meal.
The hearts
bleeding open,
the numb faces,
this woman's tale.
A philosophy teacher
and her son.
He was beaten to death
before her very eyes.
40 years in asylum.
40 years of misunderstanding.
40 years in a hell realm,
that seems more like an eternity.
A bunch of misfits,
wounded children
in a big box
with steel bars.
Daily,
ongoing,
mistreatments
and infantilizations
by frustrated caretakers.
Lacking time
and means
to mind them properly.
Hurt souls thinking they know better
than the treated.
Maybe their fate
is worse even.
Have you ever tried to free
a domesticated bird?
He'll come back to the cage,
not knowing anything else.
I remember this beautiful young man,
neck and wrists signed
by uncountable blade scars,
offering me a blowjob.
Nothing to lose.
May he be free from suffering.
No gold there,
and a cigarette is a luxury.
An excellent social tool for
hanging out on the meshed balcony
full of feathers and pigeon shit.
I start to draw
with a young black guy
thirty years old,
but like a child.
His name was Mooji,
my savior
in this grey
and boring place,
where society
hides its dysfunctions grossly.
Round n’ round
TV, games, crafts...
Some are here
because it's still warmer
than a rainy night in winter.
My roommate
is scared to hurt himself,
so he came here willingly.
The meds knock him out.
An artificial paradise.
He tells me
twice already
that he had saved
his grandpa
from blowing his face up.
The third time
The gunshot shot
and the brain
brained.
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Arthur is inspired by travels and encounters with people and their stories from various cultures. His background is a never-ending slow cooking process, containing language and South Asian cultural studies as well human sciences (anthropology, sociology, and mind related sciences).
He is interested in Eastern contemplative practices and modern shamanistic knowledge. His intentions are to learn and share what improves daily life as much for himself as for others through art, connection, and simply being.
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