Won't have that
When public safety decides To remind you properly That your private parts Are public property, And to know your place As an object ought to be Where they slap your ass, They say you want it, obvi'sly, So they can have that.
Their boss tells me she's sorry, And I believe her, though it's fleeting, As my boss decides to steal my money; Says to clock out before the meeting. She tells me that I'm safe, And then tries to take my food, Because the company's bottom line Will take swing at my ass, too. But she can't have that.
I tell her to stop blowing smoke, I won't be the butt of another joke. She can kiss my ass. I won't have that.
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Primarily personal/autobiographical about workplace and sexual harassment; some abstract commentary on systemic oppression.
Dense packing of ideas: personal shame, systemic exploitation, sexual harassment, labor theft, resistance—multiple concepts per stanza.
Strongly negative throughout: shame, violation, exploitation, anger. Ends with defiant refusal but rooted in injustice.
Explosive language and voice: sharp imperatives, profanity, confrontational tone, rapid-fire accusations and refusals.
44 lines falls within 31-60 range.
Strong metaphors (shower/cleansing sin, machine/cogs, public property); personification (company); puns (butt/ass); extended conceit.
Pure lyric internal voice throughout; narrator's direct emotional and intellectual experience; no dramatic persona shift.
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