New Poetry by Stuart Barnes

Rape Rules

—cursive,

coral,

massive—

the very last

thing I expect

as I

unloose my fly

at the urinal.

—plausive

words—

disgrace

king-hits

my penis; my anus

hotly fists. 

- Stuart Barnes 2013

Stuart Barnes lives in Melbourne, Australia, where he writes & edits PASH capsule, an online journal of contemporary love poetry. This poem was written on encountering some particularly sickening graffiti.