Masochist (mas·och·ist)

/’mazәkәst,’masәkәst/

noun

a person who enjoys

an activity

that appears

to be painful

or tedious

as in

only masochists

pay twenty dollars (one fifth of an accounting foundations book)

to be called out

repeatedly and told

what needs to be fixed

only masochists

spend two hours

on a monday

studying dancing when they’re

in danger of failing

out of their actual major

only masochists

come back to a place

that will leave them

aching

the next morning

leave them

less able to pay

for school books

and love it