joanna mercury begins at 3:17 a.m. in a hotel suite. City glow through half-open blinds stripes her restless body. She can’t sleep, so joanna mercury becomes her lullaby. Slow, almost lazy circles over silk panties gradually soak the fabric dark. In joanna mercury, she pushes them aside instead of removing them—impatient, perfect. Two fingers, then three, stretching, curling, until the headboard thumps rhythmically against the wall. When she finally comes in joanna mercury, it’s with a muffled scream into the pillow, whole body shaking so hard the mattress springs sing. Dawn finds her asleep in tangled sheets, panties still twisted to the side—proof that joanna mercury worked better than any sleeping pill.