operationally defined
as the accumulation
and release of that same
stored-up tension—
of unpleasant sensations,
fastidiously collected
from the tenebrous bulk
of this great, awful
somewhere. As such,
think of how much
adolescent gratification
must exist
in a slap in the face
on a bitter cold day,
or an hour laid
back in some
renegade dentist's chair.
But wait—to what
hopeless extent have we been,
all along, creating
and propagating,
in our desperate bid
for satisfaction,
a new slave mentality—
fierce dependence
on cruel masters?
And is such a phenomenon
even likely to be measured
by a ruling class so uninterested
in consorting
with the captured?
