*From Issue One: Royalty
like a phallic gun to my head,
suggesting, do this, buy that, spend time here,
don’t go there, avoid them, talk to me;
as he fingers pieces of my mind,
demanding, not good enough, change that,
this won’t do, I know best, not right;
like tight bondage around my heart,
whispering, I am here, I helped you,
be grateful, I complete you, you owe me;
so I will make myself impenetrable
Royal Rose 