Wednesday, March 3

Stall Sanctuary

she walks into the bathroom
and locks the door
look under the stall doors 
make sure that there is no one else
find a clean toilet
and kneel before it
because it is God
it has the power 
to catch all the bad things she ate
and get rid of it all together
never to be seen of thought of again
she takes a deep breath
closes her eyes
and shoves a finger as far back into her mouth as possible
a few gags and coughs later
it all comes pouring out
good thing she left the faucet running
helps drown out the sounds
ten minutes later
she's back on her feet
she washes her hands
and rinses her mouth with mouthwash from her purse
one last look in the mirror
she rehearses a fake smile
and walks out the door
thinking to herself
"nothing tastes as good as thin feels"