Hearts Are on Backorder
Please Allow 6-8 Lifetimes for Delivery
By Tiffany HarrisPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash
Cupid’s missive arrived at dawn. Crisp parchment, embossed seal, the kind that smells faintly of longing. A formal rejection, folded once. Love is unavailable at this time, it read. Your heart, a bureaucratic backlog. Appeals can take six to eight lifetimes. The aorta collapsed in protest. Veins threatened a walkout.
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Tiffany Harris
Award-winning short fiction author, songwriter, and poet published in McSweeney's who won't shut up about it. This is that. Also great at non-parallel parking.
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