🫀 LIVING AFTER DEATH: THE ELECTRIC HEART BEATS ON
A poetic meditation on life after heart replacement
🔹The narrator receives a futuristic electric heart — soft as petals, pulsing in rhythm
🔹Over time, they outlive their organic self, becoming a vessel of memory and motion
🔹Heartbeats counted in reverse after death of the original heart
🔹Sensory experiences blend — water, breath, bark, birdsong — in a quiet search for peace
🔹A haunting exploration of what it means to feel alive while being part-machine
Author: C. B. Stuckey
Published: Nature Futures, April 9, 2025