Not once, not twice

he gave me his card and called himself DR. RAY
he wanted a discount on his wine
and for the bartender to make his woman

(HIS WORDS)

a key lime gin rickey
and serve her

a serious
but not too heavy Cabernet

it made me feel real but off-center

        

she tied my right hand to the rented bed

before she bit me and made me bleed

Sunday to Tuesday was defined by teeth

she used me as a rock

to rub her rope against

I remember saying please

then 

her husband asking me to explain

she said
that neither of us was noble 

but only she was insane

he came back later

drenched and wanting to pay his tab

he said 
he needed to pray for patience 
and it seemed
like violence
was trickling down his spine