Anatomic Poetry

 

Sinus rhythm

All fine and dandy

Utterly unaware

Of its own monotonous routine

Until one day

Green eyes glimmer from across the room

SA node throbs

T A C H Y C A R D I A

“I have called this emergency meeting”

The brain croaks in a deep voice

“To get the situation under control”

The SA node blushes, the Purkinje fibers groan.

“We know full well 

She cannot take another myocardial incident.

So I need your full cooperation

To get things back to our dull configuration.”

The larynx obeys—

She won’t call out his name

The legs lock in place—

She won’t casually walk his way.

The heart though…

Commands the eyes to watch

Lest they miss a glimpse of emerald 

Lest he smiles her into 

A tragic

Beautiful

Warm

Arrhythmia.