like a science professor
i told a guy that his question was wrong. he wanted to know what heartbreak was and i told him that hearts don't "break," other than when the organ itself stops.
hypocrite, your heart breaks all the time.
hell, it can do worse than that
and often tries to at night when you're
remembering being nine and
she hired maids to clean the laundry for her
and how it never smelled the same afterward
and nothing has really smelled the same since.
it beats one two three and sometimes skips four. i don't know why and i haven't told anyone. they say my aunt had it, too. dropped dead the week of her twentieth and no one knew where she was.
what was her name.
that's the heart beat
before the brakes
before the break
before the
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the ending was fantastic. i LOVE this poem. you're a fantastic writer. favoriting <3
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ahhhhh shit,
this is good.
i say that so much.
just reiterating i suppose.
but woah.
the ending.
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Hm, amazing. Only qualm?
"dropped dead the week of her twentieth and no one knew where she was."
week of her twentieth what? Birthday?
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thank you! and yes, birthday.
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shitttt. love the ending.
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Amazing. I like how you use crystal-clear poetic devices and make this so poignant and relatable. Some amazing ideas and phrases and I like how you seem to break into prose in the middle - really shows me the arrhythmic heartbeat. Amazing.
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Wow. Amazing. Totally completely amazing. I love it.
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