The Bondage Game
by Cassandra Carter
in 1996, You blindfolded
me with jellyfish silk
since then, everything
has been cotton candy
sand on ankles, wrists
summer fair beach pink
and taffy welts licking
my cheeks, the constant
aftertaste of sea shells
and fingers in my hair
Cassandra Carter is a recent graduate of Oklahoma City University’s Red Earth MFA. She is currently living and writing in Tahlequah, OK, the heart of the Cherokee Nation. Her work can has been published in Hot Metal Bridge, Razor Literary Magazine, and Green Mountains Review.