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"ONE IN THREE WOMEN ARE VICTIMS OF ****** ASSAULT." They say. I am sat. Awestruck. "LOOK TO YOUR LEFT AND LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT. ONE OF YOU IS A VICTIM OF ****** ASSAULT." I look to the woman on my left. I look to the woman on my right. I look to the front. Avoid any eye contact. Keep a straight face. Don't give anything away. How dare they out me like this? The woman to my left knows that she hasn't. The woman to my right knows that she hasn't. That leaves me. Raw and exposed. I did not give consent for this to be shared. This was my secret. My ***** little secret that I do not want to have but I do despite. Did they plan this? They must have known. There must be a seating plan somewhere. Someone did some digging around. But how? I told no one. This was my secret. My ***** little secret that I do not want to have but do despite. Anger creeps up inside. Avoid any eye contact. Keep a straight face. Don't give anything away. Pain. I dig my nails into the palm of my hand and I squeeze. Blood is drawn. I look down at my hand. The woman on my left does the same. Cover it quick. I look forward. They are still talking. I process nothing. Avoid any eye contact. Keep a straight face. Don't give anything away. They are still talking. Focus. Concentrate. What are they saying? Finally I tune back in to their closing line, Reiterating their first point: "ONE IN THREE WOMEN ARE VICTIMS OF ****** ASSAULT."
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Aug 29, 2022
Aug 29, 2022 at 5:24 PM UTC
charlie-may-cullip
Prima Facie: A Response
"ONE IN THREE WOMEN ARE VICTIMS OF ****** ASSAULT." They say. I am sat. Awestruck. "LOOK TO YOUR LEFT AND LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT. ONE OF YOU IS A VICTIM OF ****** ASSAULT." I look to the woman on my left. I look to the woman on my right. I look to the front. Avoid any eye contact. Keep a straight face. Don't give anything away. How dare they out me like this? The woman to my left knows that she hasn't. The woman to my right knows that she hasn't. That leaves me. Raw and exposed. I did not give consent for this to be shared. This was my secret. My ***** little secret that I do not want to have but I do despite. Did they plan this? They must have known. There must be a seating plan somewhere. Someone did some digging around. But how? I told no one. This was my secret. My ***** little secret that I do not want to have but do despite. Anger creeps up inside. Avoid any eye contact. Keep a straight face. Don't give anything away. Pain. I dig my nails into the palm of my hand and I squeeze. Blood is drawn. I look down at my hand. The woman on my left does the same. Cover it quick. I look forward. They are still talking. I process nothing. Avoid any eye contact. Keep a straight face. Don't give anything away. They are still talking. Focus. Concentrate. What are they saying? Finally I tune back in to their closing line, Reiterating their first point: "ONE IN THREE WOMEN ARE VICTIMS OF ****** ASSAULT."
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lucky you. on the face of it, read and you’ll get hit, kicked in your pvt. parts, so you’ll remember “it” well that’s the Prima facie of this one, a Latin term meaning "at first sight" or "smack~slap on your face". In legal contexts, it refers to evidence that is sufficient to establish a fact or presumption unless rebutted or disproved by contrary evidence. It signifies that a case appears valid based on initial examination I miss my friends, who audaciously departed in my face, neither asking nor reaching a treaty, an o.k. from the powers invested in me, to disappear, nessum permesso prima facie, my friends always r, prima facie, spygrandson, prima facie Virginia at first sight daringly leaving me now alone ‘cept when re-reading yours, back in my heart you’re, again yeah yeah and in my ☹️
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Apr 16, 2026 at 8:59 AM UTC
nat-lipstadt
Prima Facie; if there is no emotional undercurrent in any poem I write, then it is a failed poem
lucky you. on the face of it, read and you’ll get hit, kicked in your pvt. parts, so you’ll remember “it” well that’s the Prima facie of this one, a Latin term meaning "at first sight" or "smack~slap on your face". In legal contexts, it refers to evidence that is sufficient to establish a fact or presumption unless rebutted or disproved by contrary evidence. It signifies that a case appears valid based on initial examination I miss my friends, who audaciously departed in my face, neither asking nor reaching a treaty, an o.k. from the powers invested in me, to disappear, nessum permesso prima facie, my friends always r, prima facie, spygrandson, prima facie Virginia at first sight daringly leaving me now alone ‘cept when re-reading yours, back in my heart you’re, again yeah yeah and in my ☹️
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