Rape Culture

Another sleepless night 
spent avoiding 
the subject.

In a tantric state 
our oceans are diesel, 
are always burning 

under bursting skylines 
scraping the gills of a bloated fish, 
from out of which

a silky soot always spills.
Blame the hook or blame the derrick –
soulmates rigged the match.


7/11/2019

A poem about the germination of cultural phenomena like "rape culture".

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 7/12/2019 7:27:00 AM
I had to look up derrick. Thought provoking poem! xomo
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 7/12/2019 8:13:00 AM
Nope, Canuck, but, my sister is living in Austin!
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Phillip Garcia
Date: 7/12/2019 7:31:00 AM
You must not be a Texan lol. Thanks for the read, Maureen!
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