Welcome What Distraction You Can Get

What’s hard to get by without
Is food and shelter. Comfort,
However, will carry you

A long while, not noticing
Immediate shortages.
And its flip side, discomfort,

Not to mention outright pain,
Works just as well in reverse,
So even food and shelter

Feel pretty useless despite
Abundance, despite knowing
You’ll fall apart without them first.

Comfort and pain, distraction
Twins hiding how bad it’s been.