I.
Caffeine waning
sugar crashed
boost craving

It is late afternoon
and I want

II.
Let your eyes
linger me longer
I want to feel
not solve
your problems
though I will pretend to care

Notice how I just started using you
(Who am I talking to?
You always in need
I is never not in want
and who are they?
She he impersonal
a distant cousin
unaware)

III.
This is a warning
I will manipulate

life’s demands
beyond restraint

Take me one step further
nothing left of shoulds

Pay me your attention
give me all of you