The Deadly Pulse of Seamus Phelps

Most human beings
are born with one heart.
But poor Seamus Phelps
had two from the start.

The doctors were shocked and
His parents were troubled.
Their new baby’s organ,
somehow had doubled!

The spare heart seemed not
to cause problems at all.
Seamus Phelps grew just fine,
reaching six foot three tall.

Seamus swam like a fish,
and hit baseballs with fire.
And not once did his hearts
give in and retire.

He could do everything just,
like everyone else,
up until he met the lovely
Alley Rose Welse.

She simply was perfect,
with hair dark as night.
Her chocolate brown eyes
were beautiful quite.

The moment he saw her,
Seamus took a deep breath,
his hearts thumped too fast
and that was his death.