Lit

temptation

noun

the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise -

oxygen escapes

the lit candle

by some mechanism

or maybe that’s

carbon dioxide

I failed chemistry

with a 59.9%

grade point average

my professor said

if you pass the next test

I could bump you

to a D minus

the candle flickers

indifferent

temptation

noun

the desire to extinguish

what wasn’t there

to begin with