Keep your head down,
Don't attract attention to yourself.
Be polite, but not too nice to that stranger in a bar in midtown,
He might mistake it for flirtation and try to buy you one off a shelf,
Maybe mix something in a drink.
Don't be a **** and don't be a bore,
And swallow your fear
Of the man on the subway who sized you up and winked.
While the world may stand and jeer,
You must work twice as hard,
Thrice, even, to be thought of
As just as good.
Which is why you ought to keep
Your guard,
And never give an excuse to show Emotions, lest everything you Worked for be written off as
"It's that time of month."
Jun 7, 2017
Jun 7, 2017 at 1:02 PM UTC
Keep your head down,
Don't attract attention to yourself.
Be polite, but not too nice to that stranger in a bar in midtown,
He might mistake it for flirtation and try to buy you one off a shelf,
Maybe mix something in a drink.
Don't be a **** and don't be a bore,
And swallow your fear
Of the man on the subway who sized you up and winked.
While the world may stand and jeer,
You must work twice as hard,
Thrice, even, to be thought of
As just as good.
Which is why you ought to keep
Your guard,
And never give an excuse to show Emotions, lest everything you Worked for be written off as
"It's that time of month."
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