Taking my measure

I have been bullied
torn down
torn apart
screamed at
picked apart
edged out
hedged in
mobbed
coerced
threatened
slandered
burned
violated
made an example of
fucked with
fucked
don't say
don't think
don't do
don't be
what you are.

In this shimmering,
quantum superposition
You cannot touch
my fundamental state.