Peign

 

“Pain” Japanese Watercolor – Artist Unknown

can I kill it
deprive it
of power
by stealing
its name
a dead center
corruption
by altering
letters
a homely
deception
intent on
denying its
infamous rule
over jargon
of morbid
pathology
pray tell
what choice
do I have
but to try
given all else
resulting in
chronic cascade
of unbearable
failures