The Hundred Percent Club

by michaelcahill

danger can lurk around any corner

up a staircase

it can shove you in a room
and mount you
like a rabid dog
and laugh like a hyena

it can tell you
you are of no value
just a toy
for a boy
with a ploy

but it's no big deal
he's a wheel
and you'll forget
move on
live a life

he'll rule the world
flag unfurled

and every night
you will lie curled
in the terror of that time
crime
came to call on you

and you'll be the prisoner
in the cell
a hell ironic
for a victim

then one day
the bullies will throw a rock
through your window
taunting you
because they heard you had a story
and double dare you

to tell

tell your story
if you double dare

the whole damn world
will be right there

and the boys will too

those boys

the ones that scare you so

and you'll stand in front of them all

shaking and terrified

and become

A World Hero

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford

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