# Arrhythmia

By [Lethe Beltane](https://paragraph.com/@lethe-beltane) · 2023-03-30

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When a person gives you arrhythmia, you may want to write a love poem.

That is, if you don't die of a heart attack first

or feel the implosion of a vessel burst

in your brain from a would-be lover driving you insane.

When a person gives you a stroke, you may want to paint a sunset.

That is, if you don't drop the brush first, if you don't spill the paint onto the floor from a misplaced curse of silence forevermore.

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*Originally published on [Lethe Beltane](https://paragraph.com/@lethe-beltane/arrhythmia)*