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Take a Hit
Red eyes, smoky eyes,
Fire burning in blood.
Dirty head against the wall
Can’t fight it off
Hands shake, take a hit.
Can’t forget.
Still running from it
Every damn day.
Hands on my body
Grimy, intoxicated, high
Think I know
Who it was.
Moldy mattress squeaks
Just watch me cry
You monster
Videotaping
Take another hit, it’s gone.
Drowned in screaming echoes
Young blood burning
So take a hit.
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I was inspired to write this poem by Emma Sulcowicz, a Columbia student who attracted nationwide attention by carrying a mattress around campus to raise awareness about college rape and the administration's reluctance to take action against her rapist. It's extremely disheartening to know that many colleges merely dismiss rape cases, and that rapists are on still on campus, while traumatized rape victims are berated by the media for "allowing themselves to be raped." College is practically a student's second home, and college administrators should be doing everything they can to ensure that these rapists are incarcerated. Rape is illegal everywhere in the United States, so why isn't it treated as illegal on college campuses? I hope that my short poem will help raise awareness about college rape and that colleges will finally begin to seriously address rape cases.