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it is Wear Red Day



locally

it is a “Heart” day

I am told

(with all the viewers)

wear red

remember

who’s researching

how to live with

all the troubles

that might happen

to this muscle

also

standing

(symbolizing)

for so much



National Wear Red Day

especially for women

who tend to go unidentified

as victims

of heart trouble



the day

this day

is also the centennial

of the American Heart Association

so much research

so much funding

for research

and also teaching



learning how often

this might happen to women

inside women

(yes

inside men

and don’t I know)

but the symptoms

can go differently

so differently

and she

and those for she

should know

identify

and react so fast

when these might happen

to her



red day

we are red

today

and red means oxygen

which all bodies

should take in

to nourish all our parts

with freedom



though when impeded

we need

red help

the symbol

raising money

and awareness

and our hopes

starting here

with her

with him

then to the world

with all the hearts

heart-lives

out there

out here



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(and, yes, it’s been the time for Imbolc and Candlemas and Saint Brigid and the groundhog did not see his (Phil’s) shadow—and these mean more than we may know for how we observe and take part in our seasons and also all our days

but women suffer from not only heart disease but from lack of awareness of symptoms and then what to do

while heart disease kills all of us more than any other reason such as cancer or crime)



photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash