I am an academic, a scholar.

I belong in the university,

But also for the private sector.

I am a businessman, after all.

My product, 

my body, 

my blood, 

my intellectual property

and my creations.

Do not pray for me; –
I will act for you.

Give me your 

Body,

Blood,

And Soul…

So…
that I might
Extort you.

Like I extort myself

For fear of failure,

Because she said so

And because 
I saw myself with Hel 

And I did go,
And it was Hel.

I know I cannot begin
To atone for my sins

Or the miracle
of life, twice

But I will live each and every day
– Left on this earth
Just glad I’m not with Hel, again, for now.