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19 | link: boy_bus | 19 | link: boy_bus |
20 | ... | 20 | ... |
21 | 21 | ||
22 | Dimly remembered celebrity chefs shuffle \ | 22 | | Dimly remembered celebrity chefs shuffle |
23 | down the cold and darkened highways of the heart. \ | 23 | | down the cold and darkened highways of the heart. |
24 | They are the last personality left. They are [the meek \ | 24 | | They are the last personality left. They are [the meek |
25 | who inherited the heart][meek], what was left of it.\ | 25 | | who inherited the heart][meek], what was left of it.\ |
26 | 26 | ||
27 | Without food to cook in new or exciting ways \ | 27 | | Without food to cook in new or exciting ways |
28 | nor audience to gasp and cackle, the chefs \ | 28 | | nor audience to gasp and cackle, the chefs |
29 | of the heart quietly waste away while staring \ | 29 | | of the heart quietly waste away while staring |
30 | doe-eyed into now-empty Safeway windows \ | 30 | | doe-eyed into now-empty Safeway windows |
31 | checking under the dusty produce shelves \ | 31 | | checking under the dusty produce shelves |
32 | for something they pray the [rats][] haven't found yet. | 32 | | for something they pray the [rats][] haven't found yet. |
33 | 33 | ||
34 | Years ago, the economy of the heart boomed \ | 34 | | Years ago, the economy of the heart boomed |
35 | and there was food everywhere. Produce \ | 35 | | and there was food everywhere. Produce |
36 | piled high in pyramids of devotion, meat in \ | 36 | | piled high in pyramids of devotion, meat in |
37 | gilded glass cases opulent under fluorescence, \ | 37 | | gilded glass cases opulent under fluorescence, |
38 | dairy which ran like the [mythical river][] toward \ | 38 | | dairy which ran like the [mythical river][] toward |
39 | cereals hot and cold. Under it all, thrumming \ | 39 | | cereals hot and cold. Under it all, thrumming |
40 | like great stone wheels on sand under a hot sun \ | 40 | | like great stone wheels on sand under a hot sun |
41 | near a river where reeds sang in the wind \ | 41 | | near a river where reeds sang in the wind |
42 | the heart produced and gave reward for hard labor. | 42 | | the heart produced and gave reward for hard labor. |
43 | 43 | ||
44 | No one knows when it all ended. No one can say \ | 44 | | No one knows when it all ended. No one can say |
45 | if it was the heart that dried up or the heart's supply. \ | 45 | | if it was the heart that dried up or the heart's supply. |
46 | Either way, food of the heart became scarcer and scarcer. \ | 46 | | Either way, food of the heart became scarcer and scarcer. |
47 | People began dying, not of starvation \ | 47 | | People began dying, not of starvation |
48 | but of a certain facial expression that could only \ | 48 | | but of a certain facial expression that could only |
49 | be described as desperation. Now \ | 49 | | be described as desperation. Now |
50 | all that are left are the celebrity chefs, last bastion \ | 50 | | all that are left are the celebrity chefs, last bastion |
51 | of a once mighty empire of the [heart \ | 51 | | of a once mighty empire of the [heart |
52 | are reduced to husks][heart] blown dry by wind. | 52 | | are reduced to husks][heart] blown dry by wind. |
53 | 53 | ||
54 | [meek]: http://biblehub.com/matthew/5-5.htm | 54 | [meek]: http://biblehub.com/matthew/5-5.htm |
55 | [rats]: in-bed.html | 55 | [rats]: in-bed.html |