Assemble the skeleton so that there’s extra thoracic space.
Mix Blood and Tears in the heart’s tank.
Attach the heart to cerulean loss and coral gain.
Tie it to the trellis of emotions.
Turn on your breath and monitor its beats daily. Check for the slightest squealing sounds.
Monitor its growth. Its expansion, fullness, copiousness. Snip off all lingering roots of emptiness, however tiny.
Inspect for fly-spangled pests of anger and cleaving diseases of ruthlessness.
Check if it’s stopped bristling, contracting, sinking, tightening. Hydroponic hearts are buoyant. Always whole. They always float.