Man Infest Destiny

Christyl Rivers, Phd.
Resistance Poetry
Published in
1 min readNov 28, 2017
Photo by Christyl Rivers

Men touching women inappropriately

Is programmed in man infest destiny.

You don’t ask a fragrant forest to fall

You snarl a chain saw and take it all.

You don’t ask the waves, or reefs, or fish

You cast your nets and fill your dish.

You don’t let native people live in peace

You spread pox and toxic overreach.

You don’t invite voters to have a say

You spy, and lie, and steal the day.

You don’t tell protestors you see their side

You crack down on ‘crime’, despise, decry.

You don’t get consent to defile or drill

Be proud of conquest — a triumph of your will,

You don’t even ask, much less, respect

You crush, and crash, and smash dissent.

When hurricanes, floods, and flames burst out

You’re confused. What happened to your clout?

Shrug your shoulders. Then ask, instead of caring,

Is she nutty, or slutty? And, what was she wearing?

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Christyl Rivers, Phd.
Resistance Poetry

Ecopsychologist, Writer, Farmer, Defender of reality, and Cat Castle Custodian.