To the Boy Adult and Man. by Michelle K. Lyrics

"To the boy who called her fat:
Congratulations.
You are dumb enough to regurgitate
the lies your society has taught you.
When you have a daughter,
will you too teach her
she is worth the amount
that her breasts to her waist to her
hips
are measured?
Perhaps it is a waste us women
are even educated,
it takes away from our time
at the gym or in the toilet.

To the adult that called her stupid:
She is a product of your hell.
Her brain is sliced open
and ripped to shreds
when she is taught to memorize and
speak
rather than learn.
How can she absorb
when men like you insist
she is nothing bigger than her body,
rather than her brain?
To the man who called her a slut:
Have you so quickly forgotten
that you were an active participant?
Whispering in her ear
she is a whore if she does
and a prude if she doesn't.
Who knows which is worse?
Remember if she is so soiled
after you have finished,
perhaps you should look at your own
hands
rather than her skin."

To the Boy, Adult, and Man.