Teddy

Teddy did not move
, but there was room:

no
physical constraints
no
chains;

Please move I said, the basin
is dry
now, the demons gone
and I have this towel
to dry those weary eye
s,

– lakes never swim the poster claim
, but Teddy remain s
in stasis: soaked yet
dry; his eye

prostituted like
the dove I bought
at breakfast;

Teddy did not see my chain
placed upon his furry skin

Teddy did not move

, ever again

.