403. Poem: Harassment

"How Some in the Finance Industry Are Trying to Cash In on #MeToo," Business Section, NYT, 1-29-18

So these guys won't leave me alone they're waitin' at the bus stop and crowdin' around me in the supermarket how about it how about it and I got so sick of it I went to Miguel and told him the whole story to see what the family pride and joy could do and he said who knows your story and I said only Rita and he said yeah Rita the Big Mouth who took her mouth to the women's protest meeting and told your story and there was a reporter there no wonder you had all those guys after you they were quick-loan people and I say why why why they have the hots for me they're worse than convention big shots and Miguel says honey it's that story and I say how can that be when Rita didn't give any names and he said baby these are lawyers and when they hear a story with money in it they'll dig out the names and you baby you are worth plenty now because the guy who chased you around the room until you fell down turned out to be a billionaire a billionaire chasing an mother of three who after taking her broken hand to the hospital lost her cover and will lose her job and her kids baby you are worth more than half a mouse in a pizza especially now when the market for harassment is so high and I say what market and he says the justice market the justice market that's what us lawyers call the mechanism the mechanism we call it that determines the worth of jury-touching victims hot for money they can use right away and not have to wait for the end of the trial their need you know and if they have  a lot of unpaid rent and grocery bills they're not going to stop at high interest very high interest and you are at the top of that market baby and that is why you are being harassed by all those guys at the bus stop.