SUBMISSION PROGESSION FIVE She’s supposed to be my live-in aide Instead I’ve become her abject slave It happens this way every time Her pay sheet says she starts at nine And has me up and dressed by But I rarely see her before one or even two At last I hear her stirring, moving about in the next room Then she enters and approaches me, immobilized in my cocoon Even though I’m paralyzed from the chest and biceps down Every night she ties me tight from toes to longhaired crown Belts wrap about my ankles, thighs, shoulders and chest And my cuffed hands lock to the collar about my neck Keeping my elbows completely flexed Strapped down tight against my breast Knuckles curled beneath my sprung chin I can’t move a muscle a single inch The bit of course is the most uncomfortable t

