I sold my heart,
wrapped in a bow and
placed in a brown paper bag
there it sat
my whole damn heart.
It was dusk,
the buyer enshadowed
as there
in a dim alley-way I sold it;
behind the back of a shop.
The bag dripped with blood and
they gripped it roughly
(too roughly, but It was no longer mine to say).
Inside, my heart lay scared
beating
wrapped in a blue bow
(I am not very good at tying bows so the loops were uneven).
The air was frigid as it
lurked inside the hole in my chest,
I watched the brown paper bag
disappear into the night;
organs aching, as I looked down;
a brown paper bag sat at my feet
it was bloodied
and decorated with glitter.
Inside, was a heart
with a pink ribbon wrapped around it
tied in a bow.
On the bag
written in big black letters it said
“thank-you.”
~
Words: Moluck / website / facebook / instagram
Art: Courtney Ward / website / facebook / instagram
Location: Geelong, Australia