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Raped

I feel like a hopeless animal
That would be a useless dog
That mated with two other
Annoying animals
In a beastly fashion too obscene
To swallow into silence.

Their eyes eat through my skin
Their hands tear down my clothes
I feel like a useless tin
Only useful to the greedy eyes
Of a rapist who lies
And strangles my neck

He cheats and abstracts justice
He hides and waylays when its dark
My feelings have become
The feelings of a prisoner Like a bird in a cage
whose wings Are useless to flee
whose wings could have flown to freedom

I feel like a half eaten bone
Thrown to the wild dogs
My tears run like an overflowing river
In vain because it’s too late
To save my dignity in the hands of those
Who tear my clothes apart.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 6/12/2014 11:28:00 AM
Good afternoon Joyce, Great poem. Very powerful. Strong language usage. The monstrous flaw of our judicial system and culture is their inability to define the crime of rape as a crime of brutality. It is called a sex crime. Sex has nothing to do with it. It is an act of power and violence as you so eloquently put it. Keep up the great work. Take care. Earl
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Date: 6/12/2014 8:00:00 AM
Great write but so sad!! What can any human being say to that??? Alofas. Tiaua
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Date: 6/12/2014 7:40:00 AM
*hugs* i wish i could take your pain away...
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