Hide and Bleed

Jessica De Milo
 

 

Why am I forever wearing my heart on my sleeve and never showing it to anyone? Whose stupid idea was it to say that hearts could be on sleeves anyway? Why weren’t they just honest about it: your heart’s on your trouser cuff? Or your jeans hem? I just want to put it back in my chest. But then how would I know it was still beating – or bleeding?

 

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