Jumping Hearts
1 min readOct 8, 2020
A 5-minute free-write
Jumping hearts
Not the kind I hoped for
Was going to text but
now I won’t
Can’t tell the truth
“How are you?”
“Not well.”
Heart meds washed down with
cheap Malbec
Chronically ill and chronically single. Essayist, poet, bagel enthusiast, and perpetural seventh wheel.