Free Entry 1, Week 11

The Things They Ask Her To Do
Thursday Noon wants to be wrapped in cellophane,
pink or blue, but not clear to any other color;
beats a little strange here.
She wraps him tightly before leaving the room
to watch The Bold and the Beautiful, wondering
who Brooke is married to this week.
Just Passing Through asked to live in a cage
in her basement for the three hottest weeks of summer,
but she rejected putting his life in danger.
He cried like a slave almost always does, but
this time she hadn't even done anything to him.
Honestly Not A Lesbian likes for her to dress up
in a kitty outfit, furry ears on her head, face
invisible beneath the glued whiskers and blue paint.
Every Other Friday has a penchant for ants:
she puts something, anything sticky and sweet
between his legs and lets them crawl to his pleasure
until their hour is up.
She rings her bell like she imagines a pyschiatrist might;
Dr. Austin, she'd call him, just like that failing city
that she couldn't help but miss. Is she the opposite
of a psychiatrist, she wonders, as she places a heeled foot
gently on the floor between Down Low's fingers.