I'd love to live without it

There's a thing beneath my chest

That never lies because it never speaks

Some say it speaks

But not I

I say it thumps and aches

And thumps and aches

Thumps and aches

Thump

Ache

Then the corners of my mouth give way to gravity

Salt water soon flows down the skin on my face

And I know what it is to stop breathing

That thing, that monster underneath my ribcage

Is screaming

Like those stupid blondes in old movies

Who say nothing, but scream

It's high-pitched, don't you think?

Too high

So my discovery:

There's a shrieking, girly monster

Somewhere in my chest

I think it's on the left side