Ten years ago today, my heart went on a short vacation.
\nIt called me in my dream state from a pay phone at a station.
\n"I’m sitting just outside your chest. It’s really quite a view.
\nDon’t worry, get yourself some rest, I’ll be back in a few.
\nAmazing how the world looks when you’re not cooped up in ribs.
\nI seem to be surrounded by a bunch of guys in bibs.
\nI think I’ll have a little work to ease my miseries.
\nI’ll have a valve job and perhaps get four new arteries.
\nI should be home before it’s dark, so please don’t pass away.
\nAnd when I’m back, please promise me, do as the doctors say."
\nA decade since my chest was opened and I’m doing fine.
\nI’d like to thank my bypass team. My heart is yours, not mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"