Salt the Napkin

Bar Room Scene (1835) by William Sidney Mount

“What’ll you have?”

Asks the 6 o’ clock shadow.

“You have Two-Hearted?”

Asks the half-hearted poet.

He does.

I drink

And feel my heart double.

“What’s the balance?”

One whole heart

And 7 dollars.

I hand him 8

From the bottom of my heart.