escape

when you try
the back door
and it's locked
you go for
the window, but
that too is sealed
shut, then you
check the air
vents, and boost
yourself up with
a box from the
corner, you feel
that you can
shimmy your way
in, and through
and out the other
side or to the roof,
who knows, so you
slowly turn
the screws and
remove the screen
then slide halfway
up and into the dark
shaft, but then you
feel a tug at your
shoe, there she is,
pulling you right
back in. and she says
sweetly, where you
going baby, it's
not quite over,
not yet. i'll
decide that. now
come down from
there and give me
a big kiss.