Desire as game

 The wanting to want so strong and overwhelming
so zero
so nothing
so less than what normality is

People work for more 
Their dreams
these desires that come and go
wanting them permanent

The housewife obsesses over the tablecloth
The engineer the angles
Each artist infatuated with a vision
A dimension that simmers desire into being

You pay for the priviledge
Arrive in the room
the dull grey emotion
so far from excitement

anticipation was a sharp spear
that could pierce the heart through armor
it lies blunt damaged and sick
a hedonist's nightmare

sweet appeal the tail of the prey
following it into dark forests
only to witness huge beasts turn
devouring your desires as if flesh and blood