too many fools at the table and taking up bus seats

welcome to the YRT bus where no one sits together unless you got your dick out to diddle with

because all you want is warmth, no?

a hot bod to keep you going

a minor to blow you major

mister-oh-so-friendly with the crooked smile

there's a reason no one's come by

maybe zip up your damn fly

cause it's hard enough to build this pattern of

seat taken, untaken, taken, untaken,

and we're nervous enough about being taken in any, every, alleyway anyhow

you're messing with the order of things

we're not supposed to be traumatized in broad daylight, just behind closed dark doors, dontcha know?

because 99% of the females in my life have been sexually assaulted, dontcha know?

that guilt weighs me down as the 1%, dontcha know?

that our poems, voices, screams, protests, still tickle politician testicles

because when it's a "yo mama" joke, then you fight each other, not for your momma's sake though, just your dignity

and when it's a whistle at your sister, it's a playful shove and "don't think about her like that" because she's your property that's being tampered with

but her friend is fine. her mother is fine. your teacher, your cousin, your grandma, is fine.

but they are not yours

you can't even damn protect 'em, useless

voting for fools who just fiddle with the rights of everyone

trigger friendly, flicking on and off rights for some like a bored child with a light switch

but it ain't easy to turn the light back on in her eyes after you've legislated the darkness

and im so tired of hearing this "not all men"

well what have you done to prove it otherwise? where's your toughness now when the people around you are being attacked

when have you provided safety without violence against another

when have you used your stupid annoying voice for something better

when have you done something for the good of someone else without expecting gratitude or a quickie

when?

because we ain't waiting for you

the world starts and ends with a woman, you're just here for semantics