Rape Joke, A Poem

With a content note that this is very difficult to read, so take a moment to assess your spoons, I direct to you Patricia Lockwood's "Rape Joke." Because, though difficult, it is also very brilliant and very powerful.

Yes. Yes, this. Yes.

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