Talking to men
who I don't know
singing along with the music
on which I dance in the eyes
that follow me
like shadows
wishing to be desired
without being in danger
dressed for it, that too
is who I am, free
to the extent it is permitted
by the hell
of other people's eyes
that love my body
and hate me for it
but that's not me
I am anything
but what they think