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.