Word of the Day: An Absence of Willpower

BRIEF: Pick a word, the more obscure the better, and then write a six line verse that includes it.

abulia
/əˈbuːlɪə/
noun: aboulia

an absence of willpower or an inability to act decisively

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An Absence of Willpower

guilt rolls around a tongue, spaghetti soft
not here, space to change, won’t budge
even with a name, truth’s holding out
aboulia lacking tools to task, can’t ask
'til now, and even if it did, they show
knowing what’s fallacious never cures

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