Andromeda

Writing prompt: Use all of these words - elegant, hips, fern, listless, twisting, bind, surprise

Scorching heat hugs the windows
Dampness hangs in the air
My eyes wander from the listless fern
Dangling above her sofa
to the elegant curve of her hips
She is stretched out, relaxed
But another memory comes
A delightful, sadistic surprise
Of this tender goddess
Twisting and writing in painful pleasure
Tugging against the ropes that bind
A begging purr on her lips

Perseus Freeing Andromeda by Peter Paul Rubens, 1622

Andromeda by Gustave Dore, 1869