Everything is Under Control by Phyllis Grant

Author:Phyllis Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-07-23T16:00:00+00:00

I roll down, vertebra by vertebra, flatten my hands on the bottom of the tub, lean my weight forward into my fingertips, and exhale flip fly up into a handstand.

My screaming babies are always with me.

My feet flex back. My heels press into the tiles.

I hear their screams in washing-machine cycles, squeaky drawers, car brakes.

The water beats down on my upside-down face, burning my nose, my throat.

I hear them in the roar of a crowd, the music at a café, the chirps of the birds.

My fingers grip. My arms shake. My jaw trembles.

I hear them in the silence.

Upside down in the shower, I can almost erase them.

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