Endorphins
From invaded to withdraw.
From withdraw to building.
From building to exhausting.
From exhausting to presenting.
From presenting to praised.
And then — the endorphins.
Like soothe to an itch to be revealed.
Balm for the bottomless demands of the superficial.
Not quite Gilead.
It doesn’t last as long — but its accessible.
As sex
As praise
As a deck of cards or mobile game you keep deleting
As a sweet tooth
A saturated meal delivered to your door
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As a like or a follow
As a job
If you exhaust yourself enough, you can make a career out of it.
As an entertainer
Or “leader”
Or gambler
Or overweight scroller
Or influencer seeking love
All for a price.
heavier size
less freedom
declined health
money spent
endless stroller
empty wisher
self-loather
All in search of…
