Saturday 6 August 2011

Once upon a time there was a girl
who got her heart pierced. A thick metal
ring hung elegantly across her body
and round her waist. Her boyfriend thought
this was ugly and demanded she remove it,
but to do so would be very dangerous. The
piercing is a part of me, she said, I cannot
live with a hole in my heart.
After the breakup, her sadness was such that
her pierced heart became infected
so the ring had to be removed anyway. And
every night she prepared warm salt water
and gently washed, and smiled even though
it stung more than anything she had ever known.

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