Sexual Extortion Poem by John Sensele

Intimate contact between a man and a woman
Grows out of shared interests and mutual
Understanding buttressed by a consensual plan
Agreed upon by both parties as a desirable calisthenic duel.

Man cannot feast, pounce and prey on a niece,
Daughter or other minor without securing
Consent in terms of age, morality, legality, desirability, utility and peace
Of mind in a setting that later yields a wedding ring.

Incest and rape zest sometimes come about
When a familiar gardener, waiter or uncle under coercion
Tears underwear, beats up an unwilling victim to flout
The innocence and virginity in a sexual assault session.

Young girls and women sometimes fall prey
To sexual harassment at the hands
Of male adults in who they see grey
Hair as a symbol of wisdom in lands and bands.