Ignore all your instincts Embrace utter hubris I can't control this situation Add it to the list of things you despise Including my inability to empathize It seems that we've reached an impa**e A rock and a hard place I'll choose the latter I was born there Arterial brilliance Splurting like liquid gold We are intertwined Like a vital artery Wrapped around a tumor Shuddering wet In darkened soil With all these questions you've been posing My response is cold silence Stop complaining Sick decline