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I wait alone 
in a crowd of the worried and afraid 
while they probe your hesitating heart 
my own beating a fearful tattoo 
willing the panicky taste to leave my mouth 
closing my eyes I see you on the table 
in my crazed mind an ethereal glow surrounds 
a swarm of wizards in masks and tall hats 
waving wands of mystery over your draped body 
snaking a tiny battleship through your veins 
I wait, feeling chilled, dreamlike 
for the head wizard to emerge to pronounce 
the exorcism successful, the war won, 
and imagine you leaping from the table 
in cape and tights, 
your heart able to beat in my chest again.

Cardiac Unrest