something borrowed
i bought my heart off craigslist
bought it for a dime
owner told me i'd be foolish
if i gave it half my time
said that it was broken
said it he'd tried to fix it twice
that's why he'd posted it
at such a low a price
made it seem like yesterday's coffee
caffeine gone cold
the leftover ash
from a cigarette that he'd rolled
i took it home, took it home that day
and maybe now, what's left to say
is that it was just missing a part
i thought maybe two
but then i just realized
it was a question of who
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bought it for a dime
owner told me i'd be foolish
if i gave it half my time
said that it was broken
said it he'd tried to fix it twice
that's why he'd posted it
at such a low a price
made it seem like yesterday's coffee
caffeine gone cold
the leftover ash
from a cigarette that he'd rolled
i took it home, took it home that day
and maybe now, what's left to say
is that it was just missing a part
i thought maybe two
but then i just realized
it was a question of who