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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
Fri Sep 6, 2013, 08:26 PM Sep 2013

A Poem By Patricia Lockwood - Rape Joke

Trigger warning (obv)

Rape Joke

The rape joke is that you were 19 years old.

The rape joke is that he was your boyfriend.

The rape joke it wore a goatee. A goatee.

Imagine the rape joke looking in the mirror, perfectly reflecting back itself, and grooming itself to look more like a rape joke. “Ahhhh,” it thinks. “Yes. A goatee.”

No offense.

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http://www.theawl.com/2013/07/rape-joke-patricia-lockwood
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