Cut out my heart

Pop it on the fencepost

Ready Aim Fire

Smooth muscle

Splits Splatters

Onto corn stubble

Vacancy signs hang

Everywhere

On eggshell chests

Broken hearts abound

It’s amazing

How we go on

Heartless

Empty-hearted

Heartsick

Heartened

Our hearts

In ceaseless pain

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