My Fantasies
by Kitiara Shellfish

Where did you obtain
Your wealth of information?

Did the media happen to call
The psycho on the 6 o’clock news
A sadist?

Did you have a friend
Whose husband beat her,
But she stayed, because she is
Oh so submissive?

What is it about me
That deconstructs
Your preconceived notions?

Oh, it’s because I’m so normal!
I don’t don a leather jacket
Or have
An arrest record.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with me
Until I told you about
What makes me tick.

Now, you can barely look me
In the eye.

Amazing how I changed
In an instant.

What is it about my fantasies
That scares you?

Oh, that’s right!

They’re different from your own.