I Like Skulls

I like skulls,
I think skulls are darling,
I think we all could learn a lot from skulls:
a skull will never leave you,
a skull will always give you a smile
and skulls love unconditionally  

I have a collection of skulls,
I have painted my favourite one white,
so that it will never grow old
and I’ve glued thread
on the top of my prettiest one,
so that I can run my fingers through it,
when I give her a kiss,

my son loves my skulls too,
sometimes I let him play with them
and he gives them all names,
he likes the pretty one too
but I tell him:
‘you’re not old enough to kiss her’.

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Artist’s statement

The reason we go to poetry is not for wisdom, but the dismantling of wisdom
- Jacques Lacan

Poetry is visionary. Sometimes it lets you know things in a simple way that almost can't be expressed otherwise.