it starts as a giggle, escaping under the water pouring down her cheeks.
a small, small, small giggle that tickles her throat, and
rips squeals of hatred from her lungs,
hands clutch their squishy palms,
legs cross and uncross to the beat of
a pacing, furious
Heart.
a
Heart
that seems too rapidly
running to that pulsing music
of drums,
and her grin is growing at the corners of her
cheeks, and she forgot how to stop
the giggles. they turn to laughter;
high, squeaky laughs
that don’t hold ground next to her slivers of air.
she gasps, loudly,
and the narrow stall she’s in seems to
crowd insistent around her,
while they laugh,