Consent Under Duress Poem by John Sensele

If culture and its vulture rapture lives
That programming of human minds ain't worth it
For culture ought to add value and not sink knives
Into innocent souls for whom legal maneuvers ain't fit.

If culture and vultures conspire to stoke fires
That forgive rapists via legal ruses
Portrayed as rays of justice in religious empires
Driven to the brink of legal subterfuge, cultures ain't got no uses.

If culture sutures children's lives
Cut short by butts of ridicule to please pedophiles
In ambiences driven by a social science that thrives
On victimizing children, cultures deal death blows to young lifestyles.

If culture raptures mature minds
Condoning child abuse dressed as national legal redress
Culture ceases to a beacon of justice and finds
Itself under microscopes that perceives phony consent extorted under duress.