Head, Heart

By Lydia Davis

wwwHeart weeps.

wwwHead tries to help heart.

wwwHead tells heart how it is, again:

wwwYou will lose the ones you love. They will all go. But

even the earth will go, someday.

wwwHeart feels better, then.

wwwBut the words of head do not remain long in the ears of

heart.

wwwHeart is so new to this.

wwwI want them back, says heart.

wwwHead is all heart has.

wwwHelp, head. Help heart.