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Statement of an Eighty Year Old Woman After Rape

All the poor man wanted was sex.
That's not so much.

There was really no need for attack.
He could have asked.

Most attention I've been paid by a man
since I was young.

And that’s the bitter truth, also the shame.

EncountersSuzi PeelJuly 23, 2014
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