M.W.K.W.W.M.

The NEED
is doubted & scorned by
The EGO
which is stomped upon by
The PAIN
which is funneled through
The FORM
which can only
ATTEMPT, FEEBLY
to approximate something like
The TRUTH
which is only valuable when
GROTESQUE
&
LEPROUS
&
DESPERATE
&
DRUNK,
BELLIGERENT EVEN.
But to say things out loud 

HOWEVER TEMPTING
is is is is is is is is is is is
STUPID AND SELFISH
and invites
PUNISHMENT
(albeit mostly self-inflicted)
PUNISHMENT
for thinking you want
SOMETHING
but then being not sure;
    PUNISHMENT
for later, more wavering, then
WANTING
to
GO BACK
or at least
RETHINK!

Then the big questions become:

WHO TO 

FIGHT?
&
WHO TO
LOVE?
&, most importantly,
WHEN TO LEAVE?

OH, BROTHER,

WHEN TO LEAVE!

Taken form the back cover of a paper back edtion of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius with the appendix Mistakes We Knew We Were Making.