By Gala
Date: 7 June 2000

Caution The Heart

Back! Back!
Down you stupid mass
of misbegotten valves.
In your cage---
I will not feed this monster
for another instant.
If it takes a chair, a whip
or an Uzi
I will tame you once and for all
you damned drooling needy beast.
It's my heart,
and I will teach it
to behave.

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