No Recompense

the pain won’t recede

you can mask it

it will never leave

you can cut yourself

to bleed 

and bandage 

the wound 

the pain

will remain cocooned,

it’s a mind body split,

what happens 

if there’s no easy fix?

masking minor details

through intravenous means

isn’t all it seems,

we stack our solutions,

maybe a passive transfusion

will relieve the despair

or a reservation 

with the electric chair,

shocked to death or shocked 

through incompetence,

either way there’s

no recompense