I Want Something;
A Prize That Quickens My Pulse
And Catches My Breath
And Overrides My Reason
Just By Thinking Of It.
And I Can’t Have It
Not Morally,
Or Ethically,
Or Publicly.
But I Want It Anyway.
So I Must Choose:
Do I Claim My Prize
And Risk Discovery And Contempt?
Or Do I Walk Away,
And Be The Honest, Moral And Upstanding Citizen
I’d Rather Not Be?
It’s Not Far From The Devil To The Deep Blue Sea…