A Woman

They dragged her by the heels

to the furthest corner of the beach

their hands were dirty

their glances furtive

they left her for dead

they walked away

they thought they had raped her


They didn’t know that she

was raped aeons before

She was raped the day

they said rape takes

four to see

any fewer see only sex

She was raped again

the day they said

if it’s her husband

it’s not rape


She was raped again

when they said

she only saw a crime

if someone else

saw it too

They left her for dead

but she lived.

She lived

because

finally

someone had raped her.

And finally she could scream

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