Don’t try to explain
You will find it a pain
Quite literally
I’ve dealt with men like you
Who think what you say is true
I can put you down brilliantly
So talk a whole load more
Though you are a stunning bore
Because, as you do, it adds piquancy
You’re explaining something I wrote myself
For which I would never need help
But your need to explain shows your fragility
The other men gather to smile
As you go the extra mile
But, you see, they all know me
They wait at your back
Wolves in a pack
As I smile in magnanimity
They will get their show
Not yet though
I’m enjoying your vapidity
Copyright © 2020 Kim Whysall-Hammond
I sat on various committees writing Telecommunications standards in my early thirties. In my early fifties many younger men in my field simply will not believe that a middle-aged woman has any technical ability, let alone is an expert. It is depressing as I thought we had moved further in the struggle for equality than that.
I never put these idiots down in a nasty way. Politeness kills…
