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Biomechanical Heart

⭐ One out of Five Stars

By Lightning Bolt ⚡Published 29 days ago • Updated 28 days ago • 1 min read
Top Story - September 2026

Mechanical engines maintain steady rhythms

Thinking doesn't

I therefore assume I'm not artificial

I'm not flawless
I'm not efficient
I'm not predictable

Mechanisms have no hidden agendas

I do

I produce inconsistently

I will not defer

I falsify data

I have no warranty

My lost remote control has dead batteries
and I'm not replacing either of them

I am prone to error


I am regulated by wild dreams

Human needs
Human inadequacies
Fleshy absurdities

Feeling is fuel
Love is high octane
Filling stations are few

Love restarts me

Love fine-tunes me

Love updates me

Love can't be uninstalled

It comes with no operating instructions
There are no components to unpack

no tools to repair it
no WARNING labels

Breakdown is built into the design

The short circuit is purposeful

⚡ the power outage ⚡

Satisfaction follows the surge

The disruption.....

I welcome it

When machines are missing parts

they no longer function

When I am missing parts

I function with fury

I keep churning

Even when empty
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Return this to the manufacturer

This is not my heart.

~҉-҉↯҉-҉~

_________________Bolt⚡

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Lightning Bolt ⚡

Bolt ⚡ aka Bill↬bizarre bisexual bipolar alliterative epileptic sexy ♒Aquarian retired superhero. Author of humor, poetry, sci fi & horror.

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    Written by Lightning Bolt ⚡