Waste Product
I fully expect to see my heart floating in the toilet sometime soon—dirty, useless junk my body doesn’t need.
Garret Schuelke
SourceLicence:Public domain
I fully expect to see my heart floating in the toilet sometime soon—dirty, useless junk my body doesn’t need.
In just eight short lines, the speaker imagines something grim: finding their own heart floating in a toilet, discarded like waste. The word "expect" matters here. The speaker isn't afraid of this or hoping against it. They talk about it flatly, as if it's simply the next thing on the schedule.
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