He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. There’s a niche in his chestwhere a heart would fit perfectlyand he thinks if he could just maneuver one into place —well then, game over.

Richard Siken
He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. There’s...
He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. There’s...
He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. There’s...
He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. There’s...
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did you know that he had a heart pacemaker implanted in his chest to keep his heart beating? keep your heart beating. It seems that once, long ago, he broke one of his bones and the doctors told him that he may never walk again. He did not believe them. He did not believe that he would ever be able to do anything again.

But he did. He rose up from his wheelchair after being told that he would never walk again, and now he is writing beautiful poems, plays, and novels.

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