Attention

Do you ever think about the fact
that you received more unwanted attention from grown men,
leering at you as they drove past in their cars, when you were a child than you do now.
School uniform, scabby knees, clenched fists, catcalls.
A teenager with their middle finger up to the motorway as someone twice their age calls them a slut
for not smiling at their advances.
For not lapping up their vile words like a dog on a hot day.
For just being a kid
that now wonders if their skirt is too short.