we endure pain now for pleasure later. we feel pleasure now for pain later. it’s funny that. are there things that feel good now and lead to feeling good later too? lovemaking springs to mind. as long as the contraception works. and of course things that feel bad and have bad consequences. but why can’t more things be like lovemaking? fun and good for you. i suppose my poetry is a bit like that too.
i used to dream often about delayed gratification. dreams where i would endlessly shop but never check out. or find money on the ground, an infinite amount, and spend the dream picking it up but never spending it.
how do you know when to stop picking up the pennies and to start spending them?
the love epochal. n.n. benn 