BEDTIME STORY
elephants trunks were stretched by sharp teeth in an animated voice.
your mind is now elsewhere. squeezing me too tight. holding me still so i can't touch anything.
stiff under thin cloth.
you pulled at my hair in fits of shame, afraid of what's going on in your head, how that made you feel.
pushing me away from you.
i can barely breathe and you can tell that i'm thinking the same things.
don't be scared, i want you to do this.