A Poem Addressing an Audience

Dear Mom

I am 27,
Not 7.
Be home by midnight, you say.
Nay, I say, nay.
I can walk, run, ride and drive.
I can find my way home.
Men are wolves*;
Taxis are dangerous;
Bears are at large,
You warn.
Puh-lease, I say, please.

* In Korean culture, people refer to men as wolves to imply that they are alimalistic and rapacious.