LITTLE WHITE LIES
My heart plugs along
Like the rest of us schmoes
One bump at a time
Unnoticed
Ignored at the gym
Too much heat in the sauna
Rich foods and strong booze
Can you blame its quest for attention?
Let it all hang out!
Dance the twist in my chest!
But it’s all just display
A fib if you will
Its effects give it away
An organ not on top of its job
I struggle
While it shirks
Twenty percent of its work
Its reward —
Pushy chemistry
And the threat of electricity
Would that my heart could discover
The upside to being ignored
And the futility of atrial outrage
Maybe if I faced up
To the truth of my age
DRK
11/4/14
