#MeToo

I know a woman
�who knows what it means
�to be held down
�by ten boys and raped
�repeatedly,
�who didn’t tell anyone
�for twenty years.

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I know a woman
�who knows what it means
�to have her girlfriend’s father
�slide his finger up her thigh
�at the kitchen table,
�who didn’t tell anyone
�for thirty years
�and then it just felt like
�too much time had passed
�and he really didn’t do anything, anyway,
�not like the man in the woods
�where she was walking
�five years later.

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I know a woman
�who knows what it means
�to be visited at night
�by her father,
�how she stayed quiet, hoping
�her sister in the next bed
�wouldn’t wake up
�and become his next victim,
�who didn’t tell anyone
�for 35 years,
�still believing
�he would kill her.

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When he died last year,
�she finally confided
�in her sister,
�who knew exactly
�what she meant.

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I know a woman
�who knows what it means
�to be groped by a boss,
�patted on the ass
�by a customer,
�fired for not acquiescing
�to him, or him or him.

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After 10, 20, 30 years
�she is speaking up
�and he and he and he
�are finally getting
�their balls busted.

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#NoMore

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#OneBillionRising

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