I knew being streetwise
Isn't enough for a girl
If there is more than one
Person, say a gang.
Pepper spray?
Martial Arts?
No not enough.
In over my head.
Kick a vicious dog. Sure.
But more than one man.
Nothing you can do.
I was aware of my limitations.
I was jumped in primary school.
One boy, he stopped.
It was on a grass verge
Of a main road .
Nothing came of it.
Snapped pool queue.
Money goes up his nose.
The red man.
Every woman's fear.
In a stark euphemism.
It's too close to the bone.
Not my fault
He could not see past
Teenage bravado.
Cheer up it may never happen.
I even said the only way
I would ever feel safe
Was if I carried a gun.
What the use is martial arts
If someone has a gun??

So when her mum
Said they left her friend
Who was too drunk to stand
In a strangers home
And trusted him
Just because he was
A university student.
I spoke not out of experience
Buy how foolish of a thing they did.