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19 | ... | 19 | ... |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | Dimly remembered celebrity chefs shuffle \ | 21 | Dimly remembered celebrity chefs shuffle \ |
22 | down the cold and darkened highways of the heart. \ | 22 | down the cold and darkened highways of the heart. \ |
23 | They are the last personality left. They are the meek \ | 23 | They are the last personality left. They are [the meek \ |
24 | who inherited the heart, what was left of it. \ | 24 | who inherited the heart][meek], what was left of it.\ |
25 | |||
25 | Without food to cook in new or exciting ways \ | 26 | Without food to cook in new or exciting ways \ |
26 | nor audience to gasp and cackle, the chefs \ | 27 | nor audience to gasp and cackle, the chefs \ |
27 | of the heart quietly waste away while staring \ | 28 | of the heart quietly waste away while staring \ |
28 | doe-eyed into now-empty Safeway windows \ | 29 | doe-eyed into now-empty Safeway windows \ |
29 | checking under the dusty produce shelves \ | 30 | checking under the dusty produce shelves \ |
30 | for something they pray the rats haven't found yet. | 31 | for something they pray the [rats][] haven't found yet. |
31 | 32 | ||
32 | Years ago, the economy of the heart boomed \ | 33 | Years ago, the economy of the heart boomed \ |
33 | and there was food everywhere. Produce \ | 34 | and there was food everywhere. Produce \ |
34 | piled high in pyramids of devotion, meat in \ | 35 | piled high in pyramids of devotion, meat in \ |
35 | gilded glass cases opulent under fluorescence, \ | 36 | gilded glass cases opulent under fluorescence, \ |
36 | dairy which ran like the mythical river toward \ | 37 | dairy which ran like the [mythical river][] toward \ |
37 | cereals hot and cold. Under it all, thrumming \ | 38 | cereals hot and cold. Under it all, thrumming \ |
38 | like great stone wheels on sand under a hot sun \ | 39 | like great stone wheels on sand under a hot sun \ |
39 | near a river where reeds sang in the wind \ | 40 | near a river where reeds sang in the wind \ |
40 | the heart produced and gave reward for hard labor. | 41 | the heart produced and gave reward for hard labor. |
41 | 42 | ||
42 | No one knows when it all ended. No one can say \ | 43 | No one knows when it all ended. No one can say \ |
43 | if it was the heart that dried up or the heart's supply. \ | 44 | if it was the heart that dried up or the heart's supply. \ |
44 | Either way, food of the heart became scarcer and scarcer. \ | 45 | Either way, food of the heart became scarcer and scarcer. \ |
45 | People began dying, not of starvation \ | 46 | People began dying, not of starvation \ |
46 | but of a certain facial expression that could only \ | 47 | but of a certain facial expression that could only \ |
47 | be described as desperation. Now \ | 48 | be described as desperation. Now \ |
48 | all that are left are the celebrity chefs, last bastion \ | 49 | all that are left are the celebrity chefs, last bastion \ |
49 | of a once mighty empire of the heart \ | 50 | of a once mighty empire of the [heart \ |
50 | are reduced to husks blown dry by wind. | 51 | are reduced to husks][heart] blown dry by wind. |
52 | |||
53 | [meek]: http://biblehub.com/matthew/5-5.htm | ||
54 | [rats]: in-bed.html | ||
55 | [mythical river]: music-433.html | ||
56 | [heart]: sense-of-it.html | ||