Trained and encouraged
To ignore it
Push through it
Suppress it

Pretend nothing is happening
Do not complain
Do not make a mess
Do not be a burden

Be happy and kind
Even if you don’t feel like it
Finish your work
Even if you don’t feel like it.
Look presentable
Even if you don’t feel like it.
Pop a pill and keep going.

What violence is this,
What nonsense
I’m sorry for all the times
I have said this
To myself.