Parameters

He got in his cage at five every night because it
saved an argument,
It had been agreed,
Those two hours in that cage meant that she would be off his back,
He sits on the floor and looks at her through the bars,
He resents being put in here,
He asked once if he could come out before the two hours were up and
She went crazy,
He won’t make that mistake again,
Relationships need parameters.