To Need Wanting

To need wanting; what a curse; I scurry and worry to curry the verse.

A jealous madman, lead a’fly; to mete out the gristle, to loose the cry.

And to who I know not I tie my lot, yet all the faster I winde

Take up the slack and crank the rack; these, the ties that bind

Heavy the weight that seals my fate; still heavier the pen

Nevermind judge and jury; executioner reside within

The sight of my creation, the fright of needle to arm

A taste of approval, the wicked juice for which we sell the farm

Give a rhyme, commit the crime; just once and hooks sink deep

Express the life within the breast; but known the cracks for creep

Fix and fixer his happy elixir, treated by the self

The need for wanting, from outside, the path to illest health