To Hate

A Poem by Rhys Jacobs

88 miles per hour
Struggling on the Hedonic treadmill
86 the citation
Swallow the almond-shaped pill.

A 2-4-1 special with brass knuckles
Is the entrance fee
To the abusement park,
Paid on a lark.
A cut worm sans knee
Forgives nothing - He chuckles.

A circle of parallel lines
Written in the cursive of gods
Is the safest bet -
Assuming malice before humour -
Let the cracks in the Aigis
Be an albatross.