sort of

I've started listening to love songs again.
I've started scribbling smiley faces in the margins.
I think it's beating
I think it's beating
I think it's beating
(If a heart beats loudly in its cavity,
I mean, a really powerful,
obnoxious, sort of >BOOM!<,
over, and over, and over,
desperately,
fiercely...
... and no one's around to hear it,
... does it still make a sound?)