Dorian Gray

Millions to get energy refunds

Sunday Express, 22 January 2012

There is a law which states the total pot

of energy is fixed and will not flex,

that my long-nurtured lethargy will be

not overcome by action nor by rest,

that my silted reservoir of joire de vivre

can only be refilled at the expense

  of someone else's grief.

I wish no stranger suffer for my needs,

and less again my wants, and anyway

my tiredness overwhelms. He who'd live

forever needs the hubris of Dorian Gray,

at once unable to pass a mirror without

a glance, yet terrified of what he'll see,

  his karma staring out.

(c) 2012 Slush Poet