Discussion: Poetry: Characters and Styles

lady in blue a friend is hard to press charges against

lady in red

if you know him you must have wanted it

lady in purple

a misunderstanding

lady in red

you know these things happen

lady in blue are you sure you didnt suggest

lady in purple

had you been drinkin

lady in red a rapist is always to be a stranger

to be legitimate someone you never saw a man wit obvious problems

lady in purple pin-ups attached tothe insides of his lapels

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lady in blue ticket stubs from porno flicks in his pocket

lady in purple

a lil dick

lady in red or a strong mother

lady in blue or just a brutal virgin

lady in red but if you've been seen in public wit him

danced one dance kissed him good-bye lightly

lady in purple

wit closed mouth

lady in blue pressin charges will be as hard

as keepin yr legs closed while five fools try to run a train on you

lady in red these men friends of ours

who smile nice

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stay employed and take us out to dinner

lady in purple

lock the door behind you

lady in blue

wit fist in face to fuck

lady in red who make elaborate mediterranean dinners & let the art ensemble carry all ethical burdens while the'y invite a coupla friends over to have you

are sufferin from latent rapist bravado

& we are left wit the scars

lady in blue bein betrayed by men who know us

lady in purple

& expect like the stranger we always thot waz comin

lady in blue that we will submit

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lady in purple

we must have known

lady in red women relinquish all personal rights

in the presence of a man who apparently cd ·be considered a rapist

lady in purple especially if he has been considered a friend

lady in blue & is no less worthy of bein beat witin an inch of his life

bein publicly ridiculed havin two fists shoved up his ass

lady in red

than the stranger we always. thot it wd be

lady in blue who never showed up

lady in red cuz it turns out the nature of rape has changed

lady in blue we can now meet them in circles we frequent for companionship

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lady in purple we see them at the coffeehouse

lady in blue wit someone else we know

lady in red we cd even have em over for dinner

& get raped in our own houses

by invitation a friend

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