Open-Heart Poetry

like open-heart surgery with no anesthetic
replacing my real one with something synthetic
it doesn't unnerve me, it's almost poetic

i might be sane, i might be sane
                     it might be civil and humane

there's one little catch, though it's only cosmetic
the man with the scalpel, he isn't a medic
it doesn't unnerve me, it's almost poetic

i can't complain, i can't complain
                     - at least, not about the pain

like open-heart surgery
something synthetic
it's almost poetic
it's almost poetic