Monday, 14 April 2014

CORNERED


He’s a wolf in wolves clothing. He makes no bones about his malice. It slides from him. Slithering from that overly saccharine smile.
“How do I always get cornered by you?” I say it aloud as though he might answer, he just pushes forward, backing me into that corner and snarling his muffled snarl. I watch our silhouettes dance along the concrete wall. Like two young lovers, making music with our bodies. How different everything looks in black. What it really is seems almost unbearable to me.
I hear the zipper go down. His sweat drips onto my forehead.
“I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in”. I say that aloud too. He looks at me, confused, the metaphor lost on him. He pulls out, zips up, slamming the door behind him.

“How do I always get cornered by you?” I whisper it now to the dark. 

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