Apr 18, 2008 10:40
So anyway, you kinda know where this poem is going right from the start, guess it kinda appeals to me in a teenaged sort of way. -shrug- credits to exceptindreams where i stole it from...
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“Spare Parts”
Trish Dugger
We barge out of the womb
with two of them: eyes, ears,
arms, hands, legs, feet.
Only one heart. Not a good
plan. God should know we
need at least a dozen,
a baker's dozen of hearts.
They break like Easter eggs
hidden in the grass,
stepped on and smashed.
My own heart is patched,
bandaged, taped, barely
the same shape it once was
when it beat fast for you.