To The Man Who Said #metoo Women Need Guns

That it’s our fault we couldn’t defend ourselves

To the man who said

the #me too women

are pussies without guns

we don’t know how to defend

and I had to bite my tongue

hold back my ability to

run with it and let go

because you don’t even know

what it is to be a woman

to adjust your hours

with the light of the sun

to change your clothes

again and again because

are you showing too much skin?

Inviting accusations of letting them in

asking for it because of a skirt

a t-shirt, jeans, they could see

in-between our seams

I fought all my abusers

I was too young to be a fighter

nails clawing like a wild cat

they are the rat chewing

at the threads of my clothes

coming out in roves before