Older, but no wiser

I rather obliquely mentioned “the persecutor within” the other day. M. asked me what he looked like in my counseling session yesterday, and to my surprise, for once I had an answer: a dark figure, cloaked and hooded so I couldn’t see his face, holding a cattle prod with which he drives me ever forwards.

Do, do, do; be active for activity’s sake; produce, achieve, for without achievement you are worth less.

Lies or half-truths?

Prod… Back to work, you… prod…