1. She was raped
at knife point.
No question.
She reported it
immediately
but justice was
decades away.
I believed her
and lived with her
and her hyper-vigilance
and her PTSD
and her inability
to emotionally connect
with me.
2. Did I ever tell you
that I was accused
of rape as well?
She was
an angry married sow
who wantonly pursued me
right after my wife left
and she boiled
when I didn't beg her
to leave her husband
after we fucked,
stupid and sweaty
in a hazy, August afternoon.
She couldn't bear
to be discarded
as easily as I did
(which is why you
don't fuck
newly divorced people)
so she told her
hillbilly caveman husband
I raped her.
He threatened to kill me.
Three months
after we fucked,
then came the
vengeance
wrapped in a false accusation.
3. Lessons Learned:
Time is of the essence:
if you're raped,
report it immediately.
If you're falsely accused,
defend yourself immediately.
Don't give any one
any time
to make up
their own versions
of what happened.