I lay on the table<\/p>\n
Wires pressed into my body<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes<\/p>\n
As the technician<\/p>\n
Uses his wand<\/p>\n
Pressing into my skin<\/p>\n
I can hear my heart<\/p>\n
On his monitor<\/p>\n
A slushy steady thump<\/p>\n
He moves his wand around<\/p>\n
Talking and feeling<\/p>\n
He would tell me when to breathe<\/p>\n
And when not to breathe<\/p>\n
My heart now beat inside my chest<\/p>\n
and outside too<\/p>\n
As if I had two hearts<\/p>\n
One within and one floating through the room<\/p>\n
The technician would stop and hold to take a picture<\/p>\n
One particular spot catching his eye<\/p>\n
I could tell by his lack of communicating<\/p>\n
He was studying and wondering<\/p>\n
My heart had a weakness<\/p>\n
But was very strong<\/p>\n
He told me again and again<\/p>\n
How strong it was<\/p>\n
As it beat inside me and outside me too<\/p>\n
I knew it really was strong<\/p>\n
It had weathered love and divorce<\/p>\n
Loss and hope<\/p>\n
Later the Doctor would explain<\/p>\n
The small aneurism<\/p>\n
That would later disappear<\/p>\n
But the sound of my heart<\/p>\n
Beating<\/p>\n
Two places at once<\/p>\n
It would be all right to give it away<\/p>\n
It could beat inside me<\/p>\n
And inside someone else too<\/p>\n
I could keep it safe while giving it away<\/p>\n
It was a strong heart<\/p>\n
I had heard it for myself<\/p>\n
And the technician had told me so<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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