A Week Of Safe Words

Originally posted 12/28/2012.

I’d like to be leashed
to silence tonight

so the safe word 
is just sound

if I whisper or say or scream  
LET ME GO

LET ME GO

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tonight the safe word is
augury

if I make a dire prophecy
and suggest it may be imminently fulfilled

LET ME GO

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tonight the safe word is
aspiration

if it seems that I am about to reach
my goal

LET ME GO

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tonight the safe word is
ouchies

not ouch
(I tend to say that a lot)

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tonight the safe word is
syllabus

if you hear that I’ve learned enough

LET ME GO

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tonight the safe word is
reflective tape on racing bike handlebars

if you hear that I’m not into it anymore
and am thinking of the Tour de France

so you might as well
LET ME GO

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tonight the safe word should be
don’t ever let me go

we both know
what comes after that