People will tell you that poverty is a threat to democracy,
But what no one ever tells you is that democracy,,,
,,,well, democracy actually breeds and cultivates that poverty,
As I write these words,
currently one out of every two individuals,
half the country,
are already in or near poverty,
Poverty usually hits urban and rural places the hardest,
Though, I can't speak personally
about those urban areas,
I can speak to how it has affected the rural town
I've called home my entire life,
And it's all gone to shit,
So I vow to do my part,
the only way I know how, anyway,
to help eradicate this,,, growing problem,
On another note, did you know that the term
"handwriting analysis"
was coined way back in the 1870s
by a Frenchman named Jean Michon?
I often wonder what good old Jean Michon would think of my handwriting,
I don't have any money,
Well, that's a problem if you want a cigarette,
Yo, come on, man!
We all gotta eat,
Okay, I'll,,,
I'll suck your dick,
For a cigarette?
Oh, hell, no! For that, I want the whole pack!
I think you've got the wrong idea about me,
Okay, shit, just take it easy,
I'm fine, I'm just not a fag
and you're acting like a fucking pig,
Fuck you, then,
Wait, Are you leaving?
-Got a toothbrush? -I do,
You know you need a toothbrush to clean the actual food
from your mouth, right?
I know what it's for, How much?
When was the last time you ate?
Hey, come here,
What?
Here,
I can't look at this,
I said we all have to eat and I meant it,
What the fuck you talking about?
Listen, I got a job, Easy B&E,
I was gonna do it myself, but,,,
,,,I don't know if I can come back here with a clear conscience if I do,
No, But thank you,
What about your toothbrush?
-All right, I'll do it myself, -The hell you will,
What exactly do I have to do?
Simple, Find a friend, You guys act as lookouts,
help me carry the shit out at the end,
That's it?
That's it,
It's just through here,
How do you know they won't be home?
'Cause I cased the place for weeks,
I know their schedule inside and out,
This better be worth it, man,
'Cause I got a record,
If anyone sees us--
Hey!
I'm facing real jail time, man,
No one is getting caught,
Just keep your eyes open,
And be quiet,
Hey, man, come on, hurry up already!
Almost there,
We should turn on the lights,
Thought you didn't wanna get caught,
Use your fucking head, No lights,
Just stay close to me,
You'll be fine,
The score's over here, anyhow,
What exactly is it?
The two of you,
Like I said,
I was gonna do my part the only way I knew how,
I was gonna help eradicate this growing filth,
-Hit him, hit him! -You're a freak, Alex!
-Loser! You're a loser! -Mama's boy!
Hey, did you know your door was unlocked?
You drag 'em to the bathroom,
And I'll take care of the rest, baby,
When was the last time you ate?
Oh, you have to eat,
if you wanna grow up to be big and strong, baby,
Oh,
There he is!
So handsome!
I'll fix you up something to eat,
I did it again,
But they were nobody! Nobody will even know they're missing!
They won't be missed,
And I'll take care of it,
Just like the last time,
Because,,, mothers take care of their children!
Always,
"The days and nights have started to bleed together,
Weeks have quickly become months,
It's an endless winter,
and I can feel my bloodlust
becoming more and more insatiable,
more and more unstable,
But yet, I'm not worried,,,
,,,because I have mother,"
Oh,
Mothers take care of their children, baby,
Always!
Okay,
Well, I brought you home something from work that might cheer you up,
Oh, Alex!
It's so good to see you smile,
My boss said that his wife stabbed him over 30 times
with the same steak knife she used to cut up her food,
Oh, this is even better, engel,
I'm glad these are cheering you up, baby,
Now tell me,
why did they do this to you?
Are there any more?
No, baby,
Don't worry! I'll bring some home from work when I can,
Baby, you know that I need to return this to work
so that I don't get caught!
Now,,, time for bed,
Sh-- what the hell?
I'm so tired of you, street scum!
-Empty your pockets, you little shit! -I didn't do anything,
I said, empty your pockets!
Thief!
Don't you dare hit her!
I'll take care of her items,
But she's a thief,
Look, things are tough now, so I'll pay for her items,
and if she, uh,
if she carries my groceries home,
that'd really be helping me out, I don't live far,
All you'd really be doing is encouraging them
to keep coming in here and stealing from me,
Like I said, everybody's hurting right now,
Including, I'm assuming, you and your store?
Right?
So, do you want my money or not?
This was the last of my money,
You need to get a job, Alex,
or you're gonna starve,
I'm doing all I can for you,
At some point, you're gonna have to help yourself,
And you're gonna have to help me, baby!
I'll fix us something to eat,
No, you eat,
You're a growing boy who needs to eat, remember?
I'm gonna head out now,
I'll be by in a few days to check on you,
Good night, baby,
I separated the joints,
the arm joints, the, the leg joints,
Even though she was on the smaller side,
I had to use every pot I own,
Jeffrey Dahmer mostly ate the heart,
biceps, livers, and parts of flesh of the legs of his victims,
I didn't have the liberties to be so fucking picky,
so we ate everything we possibly could,
Prince Philip once said that cannibalism is a radical
but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation,
He may have considered the concept as radical,
but cannibalism wasn't exactly a foreign concept
to the royal family,
who had a taste for human flesh
as recently as the end of the 18th century,
Prince Philip was right,
And I didn't need to be fucking nobility
to take up his noble cause,
I think I have some socks in here,
Yeah, I do,
How much?
A dollar,
I've got a quarter,
Come back when you have three more,
Come on, man, my feet are fucking freezing!
There're other ways I can--
Sorry, I didn't mean to,
I'm sure I could work something out, Just,,,
-,,,not here, -Great,
You pick the spot, I really don't care,
-My name is Patri-- -I don't wanna know,
It's just business, It's not personal,
Okay, I'm ready,
-Where's Peter? -I don't know,
I haven't seen him since the job,
It's a good score, though, maybe he got enough
-to get out of here, -Fuck that!
Hey, take it easy,
I know you think you're better than us, that we're all beneath you
and we're simple and stupid, but we're not,
And I know who you really are,
I know what you are,
Let's go,
Don't go, Patricia, I'm-- I'm serious,
Something i-- is not right about this guy,
I've got some place warm and some food,
Or you can stay out here in the cold,
Don't--
I'm so cold,
Nice place,
You don't have to be nice,
I've no illusions about what my apartment is,
It's warm,
At least you got an apartment,
True,
Guess I never thought about it like that,
So, let's get it over with, yeah?
Where do you wanna do this?
Later,
First, eat,
What the--
Stew is warm and ready,
Maybe we should
just take care of what I owe you and--
and then I'll head out,
I have plenty,,,
,,,of the stew,
You can have as much as you like,
Come on, when was the last time you had a hot meal?
Mm,
It's good, isn't it?
Yes, It's very good,
Thank you,
Are you gonna have some?
Not now,
Maybe later,
I'm enjoying your company,
Mm,
I like your earrings,
My mother gave them to me,
Where is she now?
I don't know,
Why don't you find her?
We, uh,,,
,,,we don't talk,
Isn't that better than living on the streets?
If it was just my mom I was going home to, then yes, b--
It's complicated,
I understand,
You do?
Yeah, I do,
Please,
Keep eating,
Are you gonna get hard anytime soon?
Just stop,
Thank you,
I'm sorry--
My mouth was starting to hurt,
Can you turn some lights on now?
Hello?
What was that?
Can you say something? Because you're kinda freaking me out,
Please, I--
I just wanna leave now,
Hello?
No, No, No, no, no, no, no,
I just wanna leave, please,
No, no-- what?
No!
Please! Please, please,
Better, right?
Better keep it that way,
Come back, come back to me,
There you are,
That's a good girl,
That's such a good girl,
"I was institutionalized when I was 18,
And while I was in there, I had another patient insert
a steel pin into the tip of my penis,,,
,,,in an attempt to make me more virile,"
Are you sure?
"Of course, it actually had,,,
an adverse effect,,,
,,,but as she just discovered,,,
,,,I still had ways of fixing the,,, condition when needed,"
Oh, they're beautiful!
Thank you, baby!
That's so sweet of you,
Aren't you gonna write any of that down?
Look, kid, you're not exactly
giving me a lot to go on here,
Well, I mean, they didn't come back,
He obviously did something to them,
Yeah, but what a-- what about the first one, uh--
-Peter, -Peter,
Right, Peter, You said Peter went with him
to help him with a robbery,
Right,
So maybe he doesn't wanna be found,
He wouldn't have just left like that,
Okay, but you don't know the guy's name,
and you don't have the last name of any of your friends either,
So, I can't even put out a missing persons on them,
Do you have any idea how many runaway kids there are each year?
Well, I do, Upwards of two million a year,
and that's just in the US alone,
So-- so what are you saying?
My friends are just some s-- some stats to you now?
No, what I'm saying is, unless you have more for me to go on,
uh, last names,
an address to where they went, something, anything,
then I don't know how I can help you,
I'm,,,
,,,sorry,
Let me get you another cup of coffee,
and something from the vending machine before you leave,
Don't strain yourself,
Look, come back when you have anything else for us,
Ask for me specifically,
If you're gonna kill me,,,
just make it quick,
Huh?
Now, that wouldn't be very much fun, would it?
Fuck!
No, please, please, No, please, please,
Are you okay, kid?
Yeah,
I'm fine, just, just help me up,
No, no, no, no, You took a pretty hard spill,
I'm gonna call and get some help,
No, No, no, I'm fine, just help me up, please!
Come on, You sure you don't wanna spend the night in a warm ER bed?
Yeah, that's what I thought,
You stay put, I'm gonna go get some help,
One thing Dahmer did have right
was that certain cuts of flesh were more tender than others,
The more muscular pieces were too tough and chewy
for anything other than stew,
but I quickly discovered that the buttocks and breasts
were tender enough to pan sear, like a prime cut of beef,
Best cooked and served medium rare,
But anyone who's actually eaten human flesh will tell you
that it tastes more like pork than beef,
So much so, the cannibals on the islands of Polynesia
actually called it long pig,
and serial killer Fritz Haarmann actually sold human meat in markets as pork
back in the early 20th century,
German cannibal Armin Meiwes was once quoted as saying that,
"Human flesh tastes similar to pork,
only it was a little more bitter, stronger,"
And in his book Jungle Ways,
author William Buehler Seabrook wrote about his experience
cooking and eating human flesh, saying it was slightly tougher than prime veal,
A little stringy, but not too tough or stringy
to be agreeably edible,
We may have a problem,
Then take care of it,
Damn it, damn it,
Oh, come on, Patricia,
Yes, Yes, yes, thank you!
Didn't take you for much of a reader, Peter,
Peter Thomas Lamb,
No--
You said you know what I am,
Tell me,,, what am I?
The dirtiest thing,,,
,,,there is,
Mother?
I'm in here in your bedroom,
What are you doing in my room?
Why wasn't this cleaned up?
Alex?
Dinner's ready,
In Russian cuisine, you start by boiling it
in a bouillon with vegetables and spices,
None of which I had, so I just used the broth of this stew we'd been eating,
Then it's skinned, sliced,
and served cold as an appetizer,
-Zakuska, -Oh!
Fancy! Yes! Ooh!
You know, your grandmother, she made the best zakuska,
Did you know that?
Thank you,
Mm!
Delicious,
You know,,,
,,,I had a scare on the bridge,
And seeing as,,, that you're getting sloppy
and not cleaning up after yourself,
I am getting worried, Alex,
But like you said,
they're all nobodies,
No one will miss them or even know they're missing,
They're nothing more than lost sheep,
Hmm,
And what about our possible problem?
That sheep wandered upon a wolf,
And the wolf was sure enough to silence him,
Your grandmother would've been very impressed with this,
We're running low on food again,
So, what do you think?
No one saw or heard anything,
If they did, they ain't saying anything,
Look, Detective, I've, uh,,,
,,,I've worked this beat for nearly two years,
These aren't people,
-They're fucking animals, -Enough,
Someone got killed in there, A kid,
I understand that,
But I'm telling you, another one of those animals did this,
Hell, for something that's arbitrary as another cigarette,
Think you're wasting your time on this one, Detective,
Another one is just gonna happen tomorrow, anyway,
Okay, what do you think?
No,
Jealous?
But seriously, if we're gonna make it through until we get back,
we should probably get some beer,
-How? You don't think they're gonna ID us? -Really?
-Around here? -I know, This place is so--
-Ugh! -I know, I know,
Ugh, I can't believe my mom
followed that asshole all the way out here!
I don't know,
I think that asshole's kinda cute,
What?
-You're disgusting, -Hey, I'm okay with that,
And I'm pretty sure so is your stepdad,
Beyond gross, Hey, can you do me a favor?
Can you not get knocked up this Christmas break? Thanks,
Um, don't be ridiculous,
You, out of anyone, should know
that you don't get pregnant when you swallow,
-I don't know why I tell you anything, -Cause you love me,
I mean, yeah, you talking about blowing my stepdad is, like, so endearing,
-How's everything, all right? -Yeah, thank you,
Hey, I'm gonna need to see some ID for the beers,
What? We don't look 21 to you?
I'm sorry, but it's the law,
Hey!
If you never planning on buying anything,
you need to stop coming in here, pal,
Right, Uh, in that case,
I'll have a bottle of antacids, please,
Something I ate recently isn't agreeing with me,
-Sorry, ladies, -Can't you wait your fucking turn, creep?
Jesus, Trish, shut up,
It's okay, You can go ahead of us, no problem,
Glad that you all got that settled,
That will be 75 cents,
Okay, Um, so what if we paid double for it?
-I'm-- I'm sorry, but, um-- -Look, there has to be
something we can do to fix this,
He's like 100,
Do you want the beer or not?
Look, ladies,,, I can't afford to lose my store,
Hey, you know, that's my favorite beer,
I've been meaning to buy myself some, actually,
You are a saint!
Okay,
Thank you for helping me with the groceries, girls,
Don't even mention it, It's the very least that we could do,
Yeah, don't mention it,
It's close by, I promise,
Hey, thank you again for buying us the beer,
I was your age once, I remember what it was like,
Yeah, that's great, But where are we even?
It smells like shit in here and my arms are getting so tired,
It's not far, By the way, I haven't seen
the two of you around here before,
You moved here recently or something?
Here? God, no,
No, uh, my stepdad transferred here for work,
My mom followed him,
You live with, with the two of them?
No, we go to college,
We're just here for our holiday break,
Oh!
You came here for a break?
No wonder you wanted the beer so badly,
My thoughts exactly,
Um, by the way, do you know anywhere around here that would serve us?
No, no, I, I don't know,
Oh, dear,
Look, you girls have done enough for me,
I can take it from here,
No, don't be ridiculous,
What the hell are you doing?
She said she could take it from here, Vicky,
No, it's okay, really, I mean it, I can take--
No, No, these bags are super heavy,
We got you,
You girls should be out having fun,
not carrying these groceries,
Oh, no, you did us a huge favor!
We're gonna carry your bags up to your place,
Yeah, Okay,
All right, girls, just do me one more favor, please,
Just be as quiet as possible,
All right, here,
I'm gonna find my key, and then,
uh, you just put down the groceries, all right?
-Just right here, -Oh, okay,
And then you can head out,
Gladly,
And thank you both so much,
-No, no, thank you, You have a good day, -All right,
-Okay, fine, -I thought I heard you,
Do you smell that?
Who are your friends?
They just helped me home with the groceries,
Well, that was really kind of you both,
-Wait, Do you want a hit? -Ugh, Hell, yeah, we do!
Well, you can keep that,
I have plenty more inside,
Oh, hey! Actually,
do you know anyone around here that would serve us?
-Serve you? -Yeah, like, alcohol,
-It's just that we're underage and we're-- -Barely--
we're barely underage,
And this isn't gonna last us forever,
Maybe someplace with food?
-Uh-- -I'm starving,
Yeah,
You're asking the wrong guy,
I've been eating at home a lot more lately,
But, uh, you could come in, I can smoke you out,
cook up something to eat,
-Uh-huh, Yeah, -No, Trish, don't,
Let's go,
Come on,
You should definitely take a hit of this,
Did you know that a Chinese surgeon used cannabis
as an anesthetic all the way back in 140 AD?
He'd-- he'd mix up the cannabis and the wine and administer it
to his patients before surgery,
Please,
Just let us go,
Please, just let us go,
-The Chinese word for anesthesia,,, -Oh--
,,,is mázui,
It literally translates as,,,
,,,"cannabis intoxication,"
I'm telling you,
you're gonna regret not hitting this,
Don't!
Fine,
Okay, have it your way,
Why are you doing this?
Why?
There're so many reasons,
I feel like,,, the only one that should matter to you is because I can,
Please,
I just wanna go home, okay?
I don't wanna die here, Please!
Lucky for you,
you have a long,
long way to go before you die,
Time to wake up your friend,
-It's time to wake up, -Don't touch her!
Vicky? Vicky!
No, no, no, don't touch her, you hear--
No--
Oh, God,
Trish, Trish, Trish--
Help,
-N-- No, no, No, no, no, no-- -Don't touch her,,,
,,,please!
No, no, no, no--
No--
No, stop!
I'm here, I'm here!
Uh-uh! Oh, no, no!
Stay the fuck away from her, you sick-- You stop it!
Please-- don't--
Don't! No, please, just stop!
Hey, did you know that the orbitoclast was invented
in 1948 by Dr, Walter Freeman?
I mean, the concept's pretty simple, You just--
you go in through the eye to the frontal lobe,
it, it disconnects the brain tissue in between the prefrontal cortex
and the thalamus,
They say he did over, like, 3500 procedures,
or at least assisted on them,
I mean, he can get in and out in under ten minutes,
This was my first one, so I wanted to take my time,
You know, so we can,,, enjoy ourselves,
Trish,
Hey,
Trisha,
Trisha, please, wake up,
Hey,
Get up!
Trisha, please, Oh, fuck,
God,
Let m-- let me see you,
Let m--
Hey,
,,,Trisha! Trish, calm down,
calm down before he comes back, Stop,,,
,,,can you please--
No, look at me, look at me, look at me, Look at me,
Hey, Trisha, I'm right here, Look at me,,,
,,,you have to stop, Stop it,
Shut up,
No! No, no, no! No! N-- Stop! Stop--
No, please!
Alex, those two,,,
,,,you know they're not like the others, right?
They have homes,
parents,
they go to school even,
Listen to me, baby,
People will be missing them,
and eventually, people will start looking for them,
At least tell me that you're, you're done with them,
so that I can get rid of their bodies,
Are they both dead yet?
All right, I tried, Hmm,
Well, I'm gonna go home,
And I'll be back to check on you in a few days,
and by the time I get back, I expect you
to be finished with them,
both of them,
Despite my mother's wishes,
I would not be done with them,
not for a long, long time,
Whoa, wha-- what are you doing?
What is this?
No, Mm-mm, Mm-mm,
Please, no,
If I do it,
I'm gonna take my time,
I'm gonna drag it out for minutes,,,
,,,hours, days,
I can't do that, I can't,
I can't,
She's your friend, She's suffering, Don't you wanna help her?
Put her out of her misery,
She doesn't even know where she is!
Do it,
I can't, I can't,
Mm-mm, No, No, I can't do that,
-I can't-- Fuck you! -Do it!
Okay, fine,
No!
I'll do it, I'll--
Close it up, nice and tight,
That's it,
That's good,
It's really good,
You're doing great,
You're doing so good,
That's my girl,
You're doing so good,
Richard Ramirez once said that,,,
,,,"We've all got the power in our hands to kill,
but most people are afraid to use it,
The ones who aren't afraid control life itself,"
Most healthy human beings can survive 30
to 45 days without food,
Most human beings will go to seemingly
unimaginable lengths in order to survive,
You did good,
Some of the survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
justified these lengths by comparing it to receiving the Eucharist,,,
,,,while others reference John 15:13,,,
,,,"No man hath greater love than this
and he laid down his life for his friends,"
I didn't give a shit how or even if she justified it,
I just wanted to watch her do it,
Most people think it's the Romans who invented curing meat,
It's actually something I stole from the Greeks,
It's the nitrate in the salt,
Keeps the meat pink,
Let's go, guys, we are losing light,
These waters, it's gonna take more than a day,
Damn it,
Here,
Eat,
It's good, isn't it?
We have plenty of this, and then, in a few days, I'll cook up her arm,
I think you're really gonna like that,
Unfortunately, we can only use one of them
because she has a tattoo on the other,
You know that Jeffrey Dahmer once ate something with a tattoo
and he said that the ink made their meat taste like shit?
"Eat garlic," he said, "if you wanna avoid vampires,
but get a tattoo if you wanna avoid cannibals,"
Hey, baby, how's it going?
Thought you would've been bored with this one by now,
She's not like the other ones,
so they're gonna be looking for her,
So you gotta finish this,,,
,,,before it costs you,,,
,,,and before it costs me!
Do you hear that, baby, do you hear it?
-Yes, Mother, -Do you?
Do you get that?
Yes, Mother,
She's gonna kill us both, you know that, right?
You heard her, We have to do something,
You and me,
I'll do something,
Thank you,
You really gave me a lot of clarity,
Mothers always take care of their children,
Always,
Okay, baby, he can't move now,
-What now, Mother? -Now? Well, if it were up to me,
I'd have some ideas, But the answer is,
anything you want,
Where do you want to start?
You can do this,
Baby, you have to do this,
Just think of everything that he has done to you
and to me, and let your anger take over,
Do it, baby,
Good, It's done, baby,
Now, free his hands and feet and help me move him to the bathroom,
I don't know when it started exactly,
Sometime last night, I think,
But it has certainly gotten worse since I called you,
Yeah, probably coming from your upstairs neighbor's place,
I'll check it out,
Okay, but what am I supposed to do about it in here?
Well, once we deal with the leak, the damage will be assessed,
but I'm guessing, at the very least, uh,
your ceiling will have to be completely redone,
Okay, and how long will that take to get that done?
In this place? Ma'am, you'd be lucky if it ever gets done,
-Are you serious? -Yeah, I'd start looking for a new place,
Yeah, and get yourself a bigger bucket,
that's, that's gonna fester, So, good luck,
Shit!
-Afternoon, ma'am, -Hello,
Afternoon! Maintenance!
Hello, it's maintenance, Please, open the door,
He--
help me!
Help me!
P--
Help! Help!
Help me!
Help! Help!
He-- Help! Help!
Oh, fuck this,
Oh, for fuck's sake!
Hey, you know, you--
you're, you're lease says you're not supposed to have
an additional chain on, on your door, y--
Oh, God! What is-- Ooh!
-Jesus, you scared me, -I'm sorry,
I, uh--
I-- is-- is everything okay?
Yeah, yeah, I'm just checking on a, a leak,
-Uh, uh, do you smell that? -Yeah, it's, uh, pretty bad,
It's been like that for a while now, I live next door,
Oh, well, do you know if they're home?
Hey, hey, what are you doing?
You wouldn't wanna go in there,
Trust me,
-Are you married? -Yeah,
-Do you have kids? -Yeah,
Well, then leave while you still can, if,
-if you wanna see them again, All right? -Okay,
-Okay, Yes! -Do you understand? Yes?
-Yes! Yes, yes, yes, -Yes?
Thank you, Goodbye,
It's over, baby,
It's done,
Killing him wouldn't have done anything except,,,
,,,prolong the inevitable,
Mothers always,,, take care of their children,
Remember?
Okay, listen to me,
There isn't much time,
-Th-- that's the one, right there, -Okay, we'll take it from here,
This door,
Right there, Flank the left side, Jones,
Police, open the door,
Just a minute, I'll be right there,
Ma'am, I'm gonna need you to open this door,
If you don't open this door, we're gonna have to break it down,
That's not necessary,
I'll be right there,
I lived on the streets I hunted on,
Living amongst the very sheep I often hunted for,
Three days and three nights after they arrested Mother,
And then, just like that,
it was finally over,
Animals show their teeth when they're ready to fight
and protect themselves,
It's a symbol of aggression, hostility, dominance,
It's a reminder that their jaws will tear out your throat,
I want you to think about this,,,
,,,when I smile,