hooked

(written after I bought the doorhook -- but had not yet used it)

hanging over the top
innocently gleams at me
handy household hook

my brazen purchase
designed to communicate
confidence in him

showing it to him
hold my hands up to the hook
he explores his goods

shocking myself
furiously trembling
sweet powerlessness

desire and fear
pure vulnerability
shifting boundaries

I'm not even cuffed
it's just a dress rehersal
what was I thinking

so now I'm obsessed
it hangs there just mocking me
imagine our play