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Change the tone just a bit
Emphasize the words just a little differently and
a compliment becomes
an insult
comfort becomes
taunting
Girls do it so well
It's instinctive, this
verbal torture
so effective in wearing down
victims yet
so easy to deny
Nothing visible
but the scars last longer
than black eyes or
broken bones
No locker room brawls
but plenty of hits taken
Better to be invisible than try
to walk the narrow balance beam between
virgin and whore and risk falling
on the wrong side
Even the agnostics
say a small prayer
Don't let me be the ugliest or
have the flattest chest, for a special hell
is reserved for her
Wads of toilet paper descend upon her head, her lap
like snowballs of cheap Charmin
to stuff in her unnecessary bra
for some tits
Then the laughter rains down
the bell rings
and it's over
for today
but
the pack will hunt again
tomorrow.
