practice, practice, practice!

folded up with regret
but not one to neglect
this tickle
of emotion
known
awfully
as love

this affliction
this addiction
that kills
over
and
over
and
over

because you
never actually die
you just
get beaten
up
beating
up
the heart
that
beats
instead
of retreat
instead
of defeat
you just
come back

for more
and more
and more
and more