A Little Death

There’s a red circle on the calendar

It marks the day that
Someone compressed
Your chest
To divert
The squirt
Of blood back to your heart

It didn’t work, of course.

You never quite cared for
Defibrillation.
Or feeling tied down.
Or being needed.

That is why
There’s a red circle on the calendar.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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