# a heart-less

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A man was taking a stroll after dinner as usual then saw a small bar with an interesting name and decided to go in. The bar seems amusing but strangely no one there but the owner.
He sat down at the counter. After a few drinks, he told the bartender
“You know what would be funny? It’s able to take your heart out, hold it in your hand and see it beating slowly, but the mind thinks it already died a long time ago. Funny, isn’t it?”
“My husband used to tell me the same thing, here is the Colt. 45, there’s a dark alley behind, I will clean up later.” said the bartender with a smirk
The man was surprised but took the gun anyway.
The air got thicken again, the only thing they both can hear was heavy footsteps in the stillness silence
one step
two step
three…
BANG
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“Where is your husband if you don’t mind me asking?” the man came back asking
“He is that handgun you just fired…”
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Seeing the heart on the table with a bullet in it but still beating, both let out sarcastic but seemingly heartfelt laughter.
The man paid for the drink, gave the bartender a hug to show gratitude, and left.
“You forgot something, your heart” the bartender called
“No use to me now, it got a bullet in it… maybe you can make a drink with it”
On the way out, he smiled again when looking at the bar’s name: heARTLESS

-R