“Little Paper Hearts” by Joseph R. Adomavicia

LITTLE PAPER HEARTS

Joseph R. Adomavicia

Little paper hearts open with faded words between the lines. Little paper hearts close, balled up like a writer’s scrapped page. Little paper hearts open, crumpled and wrinkled and crinkled. Little paper hearts open or closed can be reshaped but shy from normal. Little paper hearts open. Little paper hearts close. Love is a wager worth betting on for, even a little paper heart regained shape after being crumpled up and tossed away.