With every beat of my heart. A reminder of mortality. Murmurs, memories, music Lub-dub Lub-dub of presences and of absences devices and dreams. Electrical wonder shivers chambers in my chest. Lub-dub Lub-dub goes the water music of my wet engine.
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(indebted to the late Brian Doyle for calling the heart a ‘wet engine.’ For more, go to his publisher.)
The art of living fully with a pacemaker. Yes, batteries are included. Connolly is a writer and librarian. He holds a PhD in English and an MFA in Writing.
