Rewritten Heart Poem
Turned it into more of a sales pitch
The fortifications of these special hearts
Are made up of different and specified parts
The blast doors are open but shut with a crash
When they’re required to stop something rash
The armour is old and they squeak when they move
The wax in their love-holes is covered in grooves
Their earmuffs and blindfolds and tied up all tight
(but oddly, they seem to see better at night
And hear what they want to no matter what’s said.)
They’re brimming with life but they’re camouflaged dead.
'Cause hearts that don’t “heart” are much safer, you see.
You learn this quite quickly when in infancy
An up through to college and sometimes beyond
When someone or something of who’ve you’ve grown fond
Takes a big stab at your life-giving part
The oxygenating, mammalian heart
There is a reason in video games
Why lives look like hearts and they don’t look like brains
Because your heart holds what is precious to you
It holds all your love there and other’s love, too
Impossible though the heart may be to sway
And though no heart’s ever been made to obey
A heart can be muffled and helped to forget
And still kept around like an old, favourite pet
Because without hearts then we all drop down dead
But here we can ‘help’ the heart out with our head
Give it some crutches, a tv, some wine
A bullet proof vest, and a big neon sign
That says nothing’s wrong but that none need apply
Just leave it alone and it never asks why
That way the human that’s wrapped round that heart
Can stay unperturbed by that worrisome part
And still walk around with fresh blood in their veins
No aches or depressions or heartbreak or pains
Just super protected. A Frankenstein pump.
Useful but no longer tempted to jump
Off every high rooftop to soar with pink wings
These aren’t concerned with such frivolous things
These miracle hearts let you live without life
Experience sadness without feeling strife
They let you feel something that’s sort of like love
It’s like your heart’s wrapped in a thick rubber glove
With these hearts you no longer need to feel pain
Remorse or rejection or anger or shame
They’re trademarked and patented, all copywritten
They take out the fallout from when you’ve been smitten
And you all have one for 9.99.
Stop feeling bad and start feeling fine.
Order yours now! There’s more on the way!
A life that is peaceful can be yours today!
Order yours quickly! While supplies last!
Order one now because they’re going fast!
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The fortifications of these special hearts
Are made up of different and specified parts
The blast doors are open but shut with a crash
When they’re required to stop something rash
The armour is old and they squeak when they move
The wax in their love-holes is covered in grooves
Their earmuffs and blindfolds and tied up all tight
(but oddly, they seem to see better at night
And hear what they want to no matter what’s said.)
They’re brimming with life but they’re camouflaged dead.
'Cause hearts that don’t “heart” are much safer, you see.
You learn this quite quickly when in infancy
An up through to college and sometimes beyond
When someone or something of who’ve you’ve grown fond
Takes a big stab at your life-giving part
The oxygenating, mammalian heart
There is a reason in video games
Why lives look like hearts and they don’t look like brains
Because your heart holds what is precious to you
It holds all your love there and other’s love, too
Impossible though the heart may be to sway
And though no heart’s ever been made to obey
A heart can be muffled and helped to forget
And still kept around like an old, favourite pet
Because without hearts then we all drop down dead
But here we can ‘help’ the heart out with our head
Give it some crutches, a tv, some wine
A bullet proof vest, and a big neon sign
That says nothing’s wrong but that none need apply
Just leave it alone and it never asks why
That way the human that’s wrapped round that heart
Can stay unperturbed by that worrisome part
And still walk around with fresh blood in their veins
No aches or depressions or heartbreak or pains
Just super protected. A Frankenstein pump.
Useful but no longer tempted to jump
Off every high rooftop to soar with pink wings
These aren’t concerned with such frivolous things
These miracle hearts let you live without life
Experience sadness without feeling strife
They let you feel something that’s sort of like love
It’s like your heart’s wrapped in a thick rubber glove
With these hearts you no longer need to feel pain
Remorse or rejection or anger or shame
They’re trademarked and patented, all copywritten
They take out the fallout from when you’ve been smitten
And you all have one for 9.99.
Stop feeling bad and start feeling fine.
Order yours now! There’s more on the way!
A life that is peaceful can be yours today!
Order yours quickly! While supplies last!
Order one now because they’re going fast!
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