Re-acquaintance by Anonymous

I’ve found you
Ensconced in desire,
Imprisoned only by inertia
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My sweat is a product of
Pedantry

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Unsubscribed from the mailing list of that
Temptress named
Pleasure

I sit
Hungry for her presence.

The narrative is misconstrued
I only hear of her comings and goings
Salivating at the

Sense of solidarity
They know under her rule

Seething at mind for betraying body,
I have found you beneath the remnants of established
Equilibrium.

Pleasure works on my behalf,
Trying to make me whole of these fragments you have
Left.

Like an arrogant murderer you’ve left
A clue

A million symptoms explaining why the perpetrator
Is you

Though this time it’s come in the shape
Of a diagnosis
Case cracked by the therapist

With it comes new regimen,
Bringing Pleasure to come knocking ‘round
My door again.

Upon capture you begged for an escape
Sought allyship from others

Little did you know Pleasure had connections
With that 20 mg foe you so despised

Not long after the war was waged
You finally seceded
Unwilling to admit the serotonin
Had succeeded.

And so Pleasure started coming ‘round again,
Ready to reacquaint herself
With the body you had stolen.