Rape Joke | Patricia Lockwood

[milkhoney]

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.

The rape joke is that he was seven years

Comments

[methylene_blues]

Oh shit. Excellent.

[rosadina]

This one always hits so hard.

[poppyromanov]

i love this poem, even though it's incredibly hard to read.