You Could Die For It

You know when you’ve nailed it,
you feel flushed, adrenaline-intense,
that mad-dispensed rare pleasure
illicitly akin to salacious feelings
dressed in an orgasmic sense,
wearing a mask of self-satisfied
indolent guilt-conscience.

And you revel in it,
writhe with fake remorse,
shame on you,
punch your hands in the air,
exclaim, “Yes!”

You read it again.
It is good...

Who would have thought
it an adversary, a real-time
killer identified by physiologists
with less interest in reality than
professional fame; their game is
to avoid anger which can lead to
adrenaline-induced heart seizure!

Think of it, adrenaline determines
the morphology of contemporary
behaviour. Avoid anger. Your heart
will be stressed equally by bliss, don’t
have orgasms, don’t revel in a verse
completed with adrenaline-intense
feelings of pleasurable achievement.

You could die for it.
© I.D. Carswell