"You're showing a lot of skin."
Yes, yes I am thanks for noticing but that's kinda the point of the shirt.
"That shirt's length is distracting."
To who?
Not a single guy I know is going to get a raging boner from seeing my stomach and back.
"Your shirt makes teachers and students uncomfortable."
I'm getting scolded for allegedly making teachers and students uncomfortable
But when a student is harassing me and I'm feeling uncomfortable,
I'm still the one getting scolded? How does this whole discipline thing work?
"You need to change because you're distracting boys."
How about instead of teaching me to cover up my body,
Teach boys to control themselves.
"You need to cover up."
Why? Why do I need to cover up?
Because you can see my stomach? Is that really something to hide?
Last time I checked, literally everyone here has a stomach and it's not really a big surprise when you see mine.
"Damn babe, look at you."
Wait, what?
"Come over so I can get a good look at you."
No? Who are you?
"Why are you walking away from me, bitch?"
Maybe I shouldn't have worn a crop top.
Wait, no!
This isn't my fault and I'm not going to let myself be brainwashed to believe it is.
My body is mine and you don't get to tell me to cover it up.
My body is mine and you don't get to talk to me like that.
My body is mine and I'm not going to let anyone take my style away from me.
My body is mine and I'm not going to be shamed for it.
My body is mine and you don't have a say in what I put on it.
My body is mine and I'm not going to sit here and deal with this harassment.
My body is mine and it's going to stay that way.
My body is mine.
-j.z.
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Waiting on the Good. Living in the Bad.
PoetryAll poems in this were written by me. If you use one to quote or make an edit, please give me credit. They're not all good honestly, some of them are pretty bad, but I'll post them anyways. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read these and gives...
