Michael Malone - Weebly

warm, freeze, or throb.
Our hearts may be whole or cold, or in the right
places. Some hearts are bleeding, some are hard, and
some are trumps. All this while beating time to the days
of our lives. The post office is in the heart of Dingley
Falls, for instance, and its postmistress seems to take
life too much to heart. Such is the versatility of a double
pump.
Out of Eden rushed grimacing into the world all the
diseases of the heart which Hayes had diagnosed in
himself: lust, gluttony, sloth, wrath, avarice, envy, and
pride. All set loose when, reaching for the first big
apple, our parents tripped and fell. We are told that the
Lord experiments on the heart; He hardened Pharaoh's,
and tested Job's and saddened Ruth's, and puffed up
David's. We are told that where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also. Such is the economy of desire,
such is the universal language catalogued by A.A.
Hayes that speaks in the hearts of every Dingleyan
when Dr. Otto Scaper hears lub-dub, lub-dub.
Dr. Scaper's concern is the damaged heart. But for
most things that may hurt this organ he has no