Roped

Rope biting flesh
Wrist to elbow bound behind
Attached to ankles
And constrained
From ankles to knees

Bound

Gagged

Blindfolded

Waiting

Well, there’s fuck all else I can do…

Except smell the pine floor
And a faint hint of gasoline
And listen to a distant crackle
Like continuous scrunching
Of crisp packets…