Pleasing Me

Response to prompt #31--Revenge Song

So we date for a couple months,
you think it's ok to make a move
your delicate ego shatters
when I turn you down.
You go find another girl
who will give you what you want.
Fine by me, I say.
Have fun raising that baby you made.

Go ahead and call me a tease,
what you were too stupid to see
I was never out to please anyone but me.

In the lunchroom, my girlfriends gang up on me,
warning me I'll be the only virgin to graduate
from Dunedin High. Fine by me, I say.
How'd your abortion go last week
I want to say to one,
ask the other how she got that bruise,
knowing damn well she won't leave;
she's convinced herself he loves her.

Go ahead and call me a tease,
what you were too stupid to see
I was never out to please anyone but me.

I always trusted my gut,
it never steered me wrong.
You used me as your beard,
conveniently pledging your love
on prom night in your steamed up car.
You get pissed when I say no.
Throw it in reverse,
quickly drive me home.
I wasn't who or what you really wanted.

Go ahead and call me a tease,
what you were too stupid to see
I was never out to please anyone but me.

High school is finally over.
What a relief.
I throw up my red cap,
say adios to this ridiculous place
children having children
girls with limited visions
of who they can become.
Held in chains by emotions
they have no ability to control.

Go ahead and call me a tease,
what you were too stupid to see
I was never out to please anyone but me.

The next weekend, I'm introduced to a guy,

blind date, why not?

Three months later, he's not pressuring me yet.

But, I trusted my gut, I make a move.

Turns out he was who I was waiting for all along.

Thirty years later, none of that has changed.

How's that cheating husband? 

How many times has he broken your heart?

You're already sizing up the next one,

starting the cycle again. 

Good luck, my friend.

Go ahead and call me a tease,
what you were too stupid to see
I was never out to please anyone but me.