joshua benjamen
We Can Always Up the Dosage
little pills
now bigger pills
ones impressed with
longform imprints
like RDY 334, APO 100,
WPI-3332, TEVA 7198
&
monthly,
suddenly compulsory injection
anaerobic porcelain bowl interval training
s i d e e f f e c t s
s i d e e f f e c t s
s i d e e f f e c t s
s i d e e f f e c t s
s i d e e f f e c t s
s i d e e f f e c t s
after a second voluntary admission
there’s a well curated team just for you!
there’s a new experimental treatment
we could try.
transferred between specialists
as if at dad’s on weekends
the story becomes
unreal over so many retellings
over so many retellings
so many retellings
you are a myth to yourself now
something uncanny to chew on
involuntary commitment for a
maximum stay of ‘patient rights’
electrocompulsive therapy
afternoon stroll
in the heritage garden
joshua benjamen (elleux/themme) is a multi-disciplinary artist currently residing in Tiohtiá :ke/ Montréal. benjamen negotiates their queer, non-binary, and mad/disabled identity through their unruly and uncompromising work in which their lived experience is mulled over kaleidoscopically in pursuit of liberatory narratives. Originally a musician, benjamen has recorded several full-length records and toured internationally in their tenured career and is now working on their first full-length poetry collection entitled “(RE)DYSORIENTATIONS”.