I wash my hands vigorously and roughly.
They're still not clean.
I wash them again.
They're still not clean.
I pile on more, and more, and more soap.
The suds are like a bunch of wigs in the sink.
My hands still aren't clean.
I claw into my palms, trying to clean under my fingernails.
The dirt won't come out.
My face scrunches up, my wide-open mouth making apparent in me terror.
I can't stop staring at myself in the mirror, the stress lines under my eyes, the inability to stop the heat rushing to my face.
My eyes brimmed with glossy shine, at the incapability to be done in the bathroom and go get the drink of water that will satisf