
I’ve got no heart today. At work I don’t need a heart.
But I just can’t— Move around my body neatly.
I’m just like this from living.
Because—I gave my heart a vacation. My body’s become very light.
Because I’ve got no heart today. Just can’t pass through the heart.
I walk the streets with the after-work crowds.
This heart doesn’t have to work. Unsteady standing, unsteady walking.
The eyes reveal no emotion. Can’t come out from the heart.
From the shirt a button falls.
Don’t have to place it in the body. From where will I emerge?
Eyebrows express nothing. Language conveys no emotion.
The wind swirls on my chest.
Place it on windowsill. From the space between two document files?
I will be rational as hair. Words are just expressionless.
The wind has lost direction. I pull tight my shirt.
Let it go. In the morning check out the view. Doors are slanted, walls stacked
upon themselves.
All combed in one direction. Broken fluorescent lights don’t matter, broken
clocks don’t matter.
Discover the concave chest is
cold.
In the afternoon take a nap. The manager says: “Come out. Come out of your heart.”
Guide the wind in one direction. The 9-to-5-ers are busy as usual.
It’s true, need a heart to
fill….
.
heart.