The Assault Tanka Poem by Chen-ou Liu

This Brave New World, XXV

a woman
being raped on the train...
some bystanders
hold up their smartphones
to film the assault

PoemHunter, October 19 2021

FYI: 'Train riders held up phones as woman was raped, police say, ' Associated Press, October 18

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man charged with raping a woman on a commuter train just outside of Philadelphia harassed her for more than 40 minutes while multiple people held up their phones to seemingly record the assault without intervening, authorities said....