90% Perspiration
Updated: Dec 4, 2021
breaks between
weeping and
cleaning
your desk.
fidgeting for a quick fix,
something to steal your attention,
anything but listen
to the all-but-silent roaring
vibrating through your bones.
you’d pay for it leave you alone.
subscribe
to the slow & steady distraction from your life.
you’ve tried;
a thousand or so times,
to die—
rebirth as someone worthy.
Entrepreneur
Analyst
Chef
Mother
Someone sturdy.
pockets filled with perfection,
Money.

all you were learning
was every iteration of perspiration
you couldn’t stand to excrete—
have you ever begged at your own feet?