gasping for air
her heart is racing
easily exceeding one hundred
beats per minute
she came in for a simple procedure
but we’re sending her off to emergency
to get her beating heart
under control
how many specialists does it take
how many second opinions
how many prescriptions
here try this & if that doesn’t work
we’ll give that a try
and if that doesn’t work
take two aspirins
& call me (maybe) in the morning
now she’s stuck in the middle
of the staircase (to heaven)
mostly because there’s no elevator
no contraption she can sit in
conveying her body
from one cloud to the next
in reality they were able
to stop the bleeding
finally took the thing out from her leg
but what about that beating heart
one hundred beats per minute & counting
I mean just how fast
is fast enough
may two thousand twenty
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