Daevid Allen The Rapist
the rapist is counting his sentences
while his victim sits sketching his face
she tries to forget
but his eyes will not let her
let go of his lingering trace
& the wise woman sleeps by the river
& she dreams she's the riverbird diving for fish
& the lightning's along the horizon
& the fool he sits drinking his poison
& the judge he is losing his reason
& the rapist re-lives and believes his belief
that he fulfils her subconscious wish
the woman is washing her body
she is beating a path to the well
she douches and showers
each two or three hours
but she can't get away from his smell
& the old man makes love to his daughter
the volcano breaks crust with its crater
& the first lights of home have been sighted again
but the jury is getting excited
& the rapist just wants to repeat it again
& the all masculine panel is a no exit tunnel
& she feels violated again and again
now the lady is angry with penises
the lady is angry with me
she burns thru my actions
she lives my destruction
as i temper myself till i'm free
& the cat it has captured the hummingbird
& the snake it has entered the tower
& the rapist he dreams he is back at the scene
in his moment of dangerous power
the boy he makes love to his mother
& his mother turns into a spider
the spider stings smack
as he blows off his stack
& his line is plugged into the meter
& the young girl she weeps in the garden
& the flowers are broken and crushed
the wise women are watching and waiting
for the male world to crash
as it must
