bliss point

Blisspoint

 

 

The chemists know it:

a curve on the graph

where sugar sings loudest,

before the tongue grows numb.

The marketers know it:

a dial tuned to craving,

not too much, never too little,

just enough to keep you

coming back for more.

 

And we know it too-

that moment

before laughter becomes hysteria,

before love curdles into need,

before the glass tips

from savour to stupor.

 

The blisspoint,

not paradise, but a razor’s edge:

a sweetness balanced

on the lip of ruin.

 

Step too far,

and the song turns shrill.

Hold steady, and for one breath,

you taste perfection-

then it vanishes,

as all true bliss must.

 

 

 

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Reviews

[carl]

what was the season or so ago and - Lay's chips - "no one can eat just one." the way of temptation just enough to crave but not too much to scare. Very clear description of our role as consumers. Literally that is how we are seen by producers. - carl

[redd Brick Keshner]

“Once you pop you can’t stop” 🕊️🙏🏻

[Chris Shaw]

Perfection is fleeting. Bliss, is a box of my favourite chocolates. Too many and my conscience starts to hurt. Creative work Freds. Hope all is good in your world.

Chris

[Rosie E C…]

Hmm, a pleasant read. Very imaginative.

There is a lot of uplitment throughout this piece.
I admire the delicate flow of each stanza.

Creative choice on words, I particularly liked “razors edge” and “hysteria”.

Wonderful insight. Poetic in its own little ways.

[redd Brick Keshner]

The “little ways” can make it at times. Glad this was one of them. Thanks, Rosie 🕊️🙏🏻

[Curly Grace]

This poem captures that fragile, perfect edge where pleasure peaks before it tips into excess. I love how it moves from science to emotion so seamlessly. The “sweetness balanced on the lip of ruin” is such a precise, gorgeous truth.

[redd Brick Keshner]

Thanks kindly, that calls to mind the idea of living on the edge which is right in the same playing field. Most appreciated 🙏🏻🕊️

[Thomas W Case]

This cuts sharp—sweetness measured, joy fleeting, perfection always on the edge.
Every line hums with the tension between desire and ruin.

[redd Brick Keshner]

Much like the tightrope walk of life🙏🏻🕊️

[Davidgeo]

Is this about the Laffer Curve? I feel like this might be about the Laffer Curve. It's a nice read regardless.

[redd Brick Keshner]

It’s essentially an anthropomorphic , sensory analogue of the Laffer Curve. Both show that value lies in moderation, that the peak of experience or revenue is not at the extremes but in the delicate middle. One speaks in graphs, the other in metaphors—but they are siblings in thought.

[Davidgeo]

Economics vs statistics

[Soren]

Ah yes measure marketing and design where there is just enough of the devil in each product to addict and still allow a angelic presentation. Nicely said my friend

[redd Brick Keshner]

Much like a carrot dangling at the end of a pole 🥕

[Soren]

Indeed it is and many a mule will walk forever trying to reach it.

[redd Brick Keshner]

For many of things it would seem I’m one such mule🙏🏻🕊️

[Davidgeo]

As long as ya don't mess with the roos.