Stolen Hearts
There should be a law against it.
After the verdict,
The media outside the court asked her how she was feeling;
"Vindicated." She replied, tears in her eyes,
"Really, really grateful
That it's publicly been shown
That you can't just take someone's heart and use it for yourself
Just because you're jealous
You don't have one of your own."
A few of her opponents tried to jeer from the sidelines,
But mostly, they were silent.
Now they realised
they'd have to turn in their own contraband organs,
before the law came for them.
The government announced an amnesty.
Hearts were returned anonymously
even though their owners knew who'd snatched them.
They came in buckets, in jars, in boxes,
In varying states of repair;
none of them undamaged.
One man had dozens stored under his bed:
Labelled.
"Disgusting." hissed a police officer with a hole in her chest.
"I would bang them up for life."
She quit her job and took hers home
to nurse it back to health.
Weeks and weeks passed;
against everybody's expectations,
the flood of hearts did not slow.
Investigations were launched;
retired detectives came back from lovely islands to speculate
on how the scale of such a problem had been missed
on their watch.
Eventually it was discovered
claimants were handing back their own vital organs in their droves.
They had realised life was easier without them.
Thank you for reading my poem - I'd really appreciate a heart if you liked it!
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Comments (6)
How imaginative! Quite the shocking sad ending! Well done 👍🏼.
Oh my. This is a unique concept. What a great movie or book I see here. Many people should be arrested for stealing and keeping people's hearts. love the story.
Wow! This was a brilliant idea well executed 👌✨🕊️🩷
Whoaaa, that ending was so deep! I guess life would be easier without a heart!
I love this. I’m happy to see you posting.
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