The Guest Room

from your guest room
i can see the lights
of the nearest city
they sparkle like a party
a welcome surprise
since I feel isolated
and haven't been able to sleep
most of the night

you're at the other end of the house
in your room
sleeping by yourself
big warm comforting body
in your big warm bed

i'm your houseguest
we've known each other
off and on
for 16 years

we're platonic friends
if being over your knee
yelping with pain
or joy
or both
while getting barebottomed spankings
counts as platonic

if kneeling on a chair
as you flail me
with a rattan cane
harder and longer
than i thought i could take
and celebrating my welts
after i flew back home
because they reminded me of you
counts as platonic

if clinging to you
my tormentor
with clamps on my nipples
and then clinging to you again
my rescuer
when you released them
defines platonic friends

then yes, we are platonic friends

and have been

off and on

for 16 years

i got a hug
as you planned to retire for the night
a second hug
when you saw me cry
you left this malfuctioning houseguest
to solitude in the guest room
indifferent to whether or not
that's why she was crying