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Sex Object -College Girl's Lament
by
Diane Klammer
When I walk through the campus with each passing day
I see you quite often as your eyes quickly glance
Enjoying my presence as I pass your way
You can watch me live and I’ll call it OK
But there’s something added and I am confused
It’s not that you watch me carefully
You seem to put yourself above me
I’m not a decoration to be dismissed by you
No object to be moved to enhance
The mood of the room as I come into view
To fade away when you give me a cue
I think I live I notice I feel
You don’t know me or my capabilities
So how can you put yourself above me?
There are more female students on campus this year
Do we only add interest with our physical stance
As you turn to quickly view us from the rear
Or are we people whose competition you fear?
You aren’t any less of a man, you see
If you don’t put yourself above me