the rapist is counting his sentences
while his victim sits sketching his face
she tries to forget
but his eyes will not let her
let go of his lingering trace
& the wise woman sleeps by the river
& she dreams she's the riverbird diving for fish
& the lightning's along the horizon
& the fool he sits drinking his poison
& the judge he is losing his reason
& the rapist re-lives and believes his belief
that he fulfils her subconscious wish
the woman is washing her body
she is beating a path to the well
she douches and showers
each two or three hours
but she can't get away from his smell
& the old man makes love to his daughter
the volcano breaks crust with its crater
& the first lights of home have been sighted again
but the jury is getting excited
& the rapist just wants to repeat it again
& the all masculine panel is a no exit tunnel
& she feels violated again and again
now the lady is angry with penises
the lady is angry with me
she burns thru my actions
she lives my destruction
as i temper myself till i'm free
& the cat it has captured the hummingbird
& the snake it has entered the tower
& the rapist he dreams he is back at the scene
in his moment of dangerous power
the boy he makes love to his mother
& his mother turns into a spider
the spider stings smack
as he blows off his stack
& his line is plugged into the meter
& the young girl she weeps in the garden
& the flowers are broken and crushed
the wise women are watching and waiting
for the male world to crash
as it must