This piece was inspired by my Haloween Costume This year
A little backround information on this piece, if you dont understand most of what's going on in this piece, you might want to search Mad As A Hatter and Bedlem (Or Bethlehem Royal Hospital) This poem is set in 1814, the last year Bedlem resided in the buildings in Moorfields. I chose this time because it was near the end of the "show of Bethlehem" which I wanted to have as a visual and moving image in this poem. Once again if you don't know anything about the origins of the phrase mad as a hatter or the history of Bedlem hospital I seriously urge you to look it up, I think you will find it very interesting. (On a side note, for anyone who really really knows their history, they might notice that while the poem is set in 1814, the phrase "Mad as a hatter" is not used in common use in England until around 1837, nevertheless, it was a phrase in its infancy in 1814 making the plight of this man all the more seclusionary) This is a character who I will be doing other poems on. Ive decided to name him Richard Aarman. Oh and btw, for anyone who has a love of literature, they might notice some references to other works within the poem. Leave me a comment, I would love to know what peoplet think of this.