reasons you should not pat my head on the subway, a poem

[rm]

I don't know you.
I did not give you permission.
I am not a small child.
Or a dog.
We are not playing Duck, Duck, Goose.
Where have your hands been?
I hate you.

Clear?

Comments

[shadowvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

WTF is wrong with some people? How did you react? For that matter, how does any sane person react to something that fucking out there? (I seriously hope no one ever tries this with me, or there might well be casualties. At the very least they'll not like looking at their face in the mirror for a good long time!* *really hates being touched, especially without warning*)

* Wouldn't be the first nose I've broken for unwanted touching either. Though, for some reason, head patting seems so much worse than ass-grabbing. Either because sexual harassment is so common as to be almost expected these days, or because a pat on the head comes with so much more negative associations (kids, dogs; in any case, not actual people, but to be looked down on and patronised), rather than the, er, intended compliment of sexual objectification.