a study in gender development

you were walking to a downtown lunch
i was one of the construction workers
hanging out the 8th floor window
grabbing my crotch
wolf whistle/yelling
hey ba-by

you stopped
whirled around &
gave us a combination of
shove it up yr ass and the finger
in one fluid motion
we all laughed
slapped each other on the arm
looked down the street for the next

but that was before research told us
the frontal lobe in males developed
slower than females

before I became a father
of three daughters
who sometimes like to have
lunch downtown
i was just an asshole.

Scot Young