there's a drain in this ****** middle school bathroom. shoulder to shoulder stalls, and toilet paper stuck here, there, and above me. one light has burnt out, and it smells like feminine products, cherry lip gloss, and electric nerves. but there is a drain, and it is my favorite part. because if my eyes squeeze shut then i am bones, liquefied, slipping into the spaces, joining the world underneath. and i reform, i solidify as a crying little girl, who still has to do math tests.