Self Reliance

Boards the subway five minutes past 10

Before the lions leap out of their den

To hunt for heaps of cheap perfume

And lost lambs ready to consume.

Shirt above her stomach, shorts above her knees,

A little honey to attract the local bees

Who’d probably drone on about how beautiful she was

Then shift subjects to the latest Reddit buzz.

Exits at 6th and Broadway

With some sweet stranger named Trey

Whose nerdy speech on widgets

Managed to win her digits.

They part ways at Carl’s Jr.

Where a vagrant halfway moons her

Faster than poor Trey

Can attempt to save the day.

Descends once more 3 minutes past 4

While sucking on an apple core

In a vague act of defiance

Against those who condemn self-reliance.