020p: did you, at all, take this?

did you, at all, take this?
did you wrap this around
the beating heart
you flaunt in that flaccid vessel?
when you walk you defy air,
you teeter at the edge
of extremity and cost,
carefully calculating all
calumny you dispense
at the expense of others.
when you take this,
you take all of this.
and everyone wonders
if you’ll ever give it back.