"Not All Men"
a token for the Nice Guys™ to hold in their hands as they ask you for sex, saying that because they've been such a good friend to you they deserve it
they are the words uttered to a woman after being sexually assaulted when she tells people that her trauma led her to be wary of men
because somehow the assurance that "Not All Men" are like that makes going out at night any easier
in russian roulette, Not All Chambers hold a bullet, but it only takes one bullet to destroy you
Not All Men is the sound of arrogance from a person who has never been violated and had their dignity stripped from them
they've never been cat called, or groped, or shoved against a wall, or raped in an alley
they aren't playing russian roulette with every man they meet
we are.
YOU ARE READING
Aggressively Kind
PoetryThese are my poems. This is my story. This is my voice, my stance, my thought. This is me.
