resist

We have no willpower to resist the pitiless delights of the modern world.

And not just because we like it, because we want to resist, what are we wearing tomorrow?

Or by some odd impulse that we don’t really understand and so can’t resist, we do something foolish and contrary to our normal values which brings on guilt and shame.

Because we were programmed to eat any sugary thing a rare blackberry or apricot that came our way, we now cannot resist the plethora of satanic confections on offer on every street corner.