Pain, Pleasure & Reason

Pain, Pleasure & Reason

pain and pleasure
make coarse 
blaring statements
while the reasons
for pain and pleasure
whisper
eloquently
demanding
our undivided
attention
lest
they drown
amid
all the pleasure
and pain

life
and love
without reason
is endless 
senseless sensations
a recurring gloryhole
of pleasures and disappointments
depending
what's on the other side
of the hole

life
without reason
delivers
pleasure and pain
joys and misery and suffering
for no reason
at all