Under Pressure by B F Jones

to vault
a maddening bar
set so high
necessitating
un-rusty springs
and a dolphin-like
grace
I do not possess.
I limbo under
comfortably
my body straight
my head titled back
just enough
so I can exhale
My best laughter.
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B F Jones is French and lives in the UK. She writes flash fiction and poetry and has been published in various online venues. Her flash fiction collection, The Fabric of Tombstones, was published in April 2020. Twitter: @fijo_frenchie