Jan 03rd Fall 2023, Poetry Fall 2023, Poetry Red Consent latrinalia in women’s restroom on the second floor of Lubbers HallChanting. Crying.On the stepsof the courthouse. No red roseblooming fromAnne Hutchinson’sfootsteps here. Anything tomake it stop:You can’t silence us. Why is this still an issue?How many women will it take?“She was asking for it.”“She is such a whore.”Change the narrative! Anger. I see red.Lust. He saw red.Evil. They see red.You can’t silence us. Red is not consent.It does not matterwhat we wear.What don’t you understand? Raise your fists—Sing with me:“Y la culpa no era mía,ni dónde estaba,ni cómo vestía” You can’t silence us. Adelyn Wilcox
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