I stare at my computer screen
hearts beating rapidly back
the stamping of feet at a stadium
Some hearts are glowing
filled with radium
some show a mass of white fat
too many years eating fast food
some are near death
flies soaring over a gray mass
anticipating the final thump
Occasionally I see healthy hearts
scrolling down my screen boldly
on a journey of self-experimentation
I let them breeze by on their voyage
careful to only pick the unfortunates
grabbing them from the screen
as if they were an apple on a shelf
I empty the heart of radium
letting the poison fill me instead
causing an earthquake in my head
I eat the white fat off the heart
feeling it travel down my esophagus
like a delayed release cyanide pill
I swat the flies off the gray mass
holding it to give my energy
my hair whitens and skin loosens
Collapsing with a loud crash
my face staring at the screen
holding tears back like rowdy children
Jan 4, 2015
Jan 4, 2015 at 3:00 PM UTC
I stare at my computer screen
hearts beating rapidly back
the stamping of feet at a stadium
Some hearts are glowing
filled with radium
some show a mass of white fat
too many years eating fast food
some are near death
flies soaring over a gray mass
anticipating the final thump
Occasionally I see healthy hearts
scrolling down my screen boldly
on a journey of self-experimentation
I let them breeze by on their voyage
careful to only pick the unfortunates
grabbing them from the screen
as if they were an apple on a shelf
I empty the heart of radium
letting the poison fill me instead
causing an earthquake in my head
I eat the white fat off the heart
feeling it travel down my esophagus
like a delayed release cyanide pill
I swat the flies off the gray mass
holding it to give my energy
my hair whitens and skin loosens
Collapsing with a loud crash
my face staring at the screen
holding tears back like rowdy children
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