Why must we ever be
    seen, moticed, scanned, gazed at, watched, observed, noted, inspected,
    surveyed, examined, scrutinized, contemplated, stared at, ogled, pored
    over, gaped at, gawked at, leered at, and cruised?
Why must we ever be
    tracked, shadowed, followed, pursued, chased after, sought after, hunted,
    tailed, trailed, approached, attended, accompanied, escorted, consorted with, and hovered over?
Why must we ever be
    teased, toyed with, titillated, tantalized, nudged, brushed, glanced,
    grazed, touched, tickled, patted, felt, rubbed, licked, kissed, and pawed?
Why must we ever be
    handled, stroked, hugged, embraced, caressed, enfolded, kneaded, massaged,
    wielded, manipulated, probed, pressed upon, clung to, fingered, grouped,
    frenched, rimmed, sucked, and fucked?
Why must we ever be
    clasped, throttled, converged upon, surrounded, imprisoned, encircled,
    enclosed, enveloped, engulfed, besieged, swamped, swallowed up, submerged,
    stifled, suffocated, drowned, silenced, dead, and buried?
At last, free!
Just me!
Footnotes
1. Image: "Chad & Efrain embrace," 1994, Luna Luis Ortiz.
