# Arrhythmia

By [MayVaneDay](https://paragraph.com/@mayvaneday) · 2023-04-01

poetry

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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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