Rape Is A Murder

What is difference between being raped And being robbed by a scoundrel by force Except that the loss cannot be restored? What is difference between being raped And being knocked down by a bulldozer Except that the scar cannot be removed? What is difference between being raped And being blackmailed by the trusted one Except that the rage cannot but be buried? The rapist can be anyone, any age: An uncle in a strange situation Or a strange brute on a lonely highway. ‘Fear of rape is a cold wind blowing All of the time on a woman's hunched back.' Be she any woman of any age. Rape is a predatory act by man; It is the murder of her modesty. Castration better be the penalty. 08.02.2021 The quote is from the poem Rape by Marge Piercy