# barrel

a brass water-logged lock  
for securing desk drawers

winds up protecting private  
desires. letters in red. want

this confinement. encircled  
by rings, filigree, and stains

from spills when her bittings  
never aligned in the tumbler

its stainless key hangs from  
the neck of autumn’s royalty

taunting subjects as suitors  
wonder just what it unlocks

## poem details

- [color](https://chromato.graphics/colors): [Golden Rod](https://www.pantone.com/na/en-us/products/fashion-home-interiors/fashion-home-interiors-cotton-chip-set)
- felt: 2026-10-01
- wrote: 2026-10-14
- posted: 2026-10-31
- [tags](https://chromato.graphics/tags): [#brass](https://chromato.graphics/tags/brass)  [#chastity](https://chromato.graphics/tags/chastity)  [#control](https://chromato.graphics/tags/control)  [#fall](https://chromato.graphics/tags/fall)  [#furniture](https://chromato.graphics/tags/furniture)  [#keys](https://chromato.graphics/tags/keys)  [#locks](https://chromato.graphics/tags/locks)  [#love](https://chromato.graphics/tags/love)  [#mail](https://chromato.graphics/tags/mail)  [#metal](https://chromato.graphics/tags/metal)  [#objects](https://chromato.graphics/tags/objects)  [#red](https://chromato.graphics/tags/red)  [#steel](https://chromato.graphics/tags/steel)  [#want](https://chromato.graphics/tags/want)  [#💛](https://chromato.graphics/tags/%F0%9F%92%9B)  [#🩵](https://chromato.graphics/tags/%F0%9F%A9%B5)