They mumbled at me all the time
But I couldn’t mumble back

No one else could hear them

I couldn’t tell them to SHUT UP
Or to keep their disgusting hands off of me

Because people would stare

They raked their nails up my back
And took me apart piece by piece

They never showed their face
Until today

One swooped in front of me-
Caused me to jump back in my seat

My teacher asked if I was alright
If I needed to see the nurse

No
I told him
As they ripped off my fingernails

They mumbled at me when I was tired
When I didn’t have the energy to fend them off

My therapist told me to send them to a safe place
Send them on vacation

Yosemite

That’s where they are now
Being torn apart by the grizzly bears