Curiosity is a craving

Sent out upon the world

And it is never quite satiated

Instead it licks

And gulps

Lolls in the shade of a tree

For but a heartbeat

Before the question monster kicks in again

To live within the predatory

Appetites of a curious mind

Is to never know peace

Apart from in those terse strained moments

Of self control

Shhhhh

Stop asking

I admit defeat

And for a second it all falls silent

Lassitude seeps in

Then I wonder as to etymology

It begins again