The Rapist.
Such wrenching ache unique to her gender
Disembarked upon her fleshy thighs.
The cold fury of a vicious stranger
Left her ravaged soul with a broken sigh.
She laid whimp'ring in a pool of own blood
Oozing from her sanctuary, now made bare.
With dying breath, she beseeched starry horde
To show her pity and soften their stare.
In this hellish nightmare, she complained not;
Remembering with clarity the caution
thrown to the wind, the many times she'd fought
to parade nudity- was this her portion?
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Bloodied, unassuaged of lust; he crouched still
Shivering with wild passion, deformed and dark.
In fevered anticipation, he willed
Yet another victim pass by that track.
Suddenly, the heavens broke loose and wept,
Howling and hurling massive thunderbolts.
On the muddy ground, he mortally crept-
a smould'ring wreck charred by a thousand volts.
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Submitted on June 26, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAX XCXC XDXD XXXX EBEX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,020 |
Words | 160 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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