[Storyteller.]

you opened your heart up
right there on a napkin on the carpet
& part of it was frostbit
but you've always been a smart kid

could still distinguish the blood
black as pitch
valves had gone stiff
veins & scar tissue
four chambers
just a standard issue

but none had room, forgiveness is huge
& you had two full of ice water
one full of salt
one packed with coal
eager & ready & willing
to find fault