It’s Another

In the bathtub

Muscles gone

I start the water

Finally, heat

I pick up the book

Start the first paragraph

The lights go out

The power goes out

Suddenly I’m a ninja

The water is off

I’m on the floor

Naked and quiet

Waiting for them

To break down the door

I creep for the door

Ready to mete out

Ready to annihilate

I plant my face into

The door and almost

Poke my eye out and

Break my fucking nose

So much for heroics

I am tempted to just

Drop the towel and

Walk to the panel naked

Instead I just put on clothes

And slop my way out

Turning on the light

No killers, just books

A cold wet tired man

And then, warm water