He yell-screamed
shouted
then spoke in strong
low tones,
trying to keep it together
in his frustration
disdain
and
contempt
as he went right to the source
and twisted it shut.
But her fear
longing
sadness
and
anguish
continued to drip
drip
d
r
i
p
until even her laughter
empathy
and
compassion
irritated him
annoyed him
boiled him
from the inside.
Raw emotion continued
to leak out,
and he could taste
the vile tenderness of it
as he became
angrier
and
angrier
every
second.
The final turn
screeched
and moaned
and begged at him
as he forced it
anyway,
shutting her off
with everything in him –
with the seething hatred
he felt
toward the one he claimed
to love.