Where was it that bone met blade Delicately lowering Your foot into steel trap Listening for the creak of the spring Where was it that collar met throat A bundle of tubes Squeezed together No fluid nor air nor humor there passing Where was it that substance met mind Chloroformed the reckless Thoughts, their tentacles Flailing you towards you undoing We are masochists bound by what Not in bedrooms or basements But in sunlight and living rooms Adorned with chain, gag, cuffs, and leash A body wound complete In thread of crimson A better marionette No movement now resistant No blemish to resect No urge now still delinquent No corruption to correct No disquiet still insistent No words short of breath No thought now inconsistent No act trailed by regret Now master and submissive