There’s the frat house,” Amber sings
She squeezes her friend’s arm tight
They climb the wooden steps

Smoke curtains hang in the air
Mary jane and beer stench
Crawl into their hair

Lights flash, Punk Rock blasts
Wavy shadows mash
Drunken bodies smash

A sweaty hand clamps her leg
Amber kicks away, “I’m scared”
“Don’t worry we’ll stay together”

A skull and bones tee-shirt guy
Hands them billowing mugs
“Ladies drink up, its magic suds”

The room begins to sway
No chance to slip away
“Where’s my girlfriend anyway?”

A frat boy all in black spits
“Hey, babe, let’s get it on?”
“I’m not that kind of girl”

He grabs her by the wrist
“You know you can’t resist”
Gives her arm a stinging twist

He drags her to the first landing
Frat brothers chug and shout
They know what he’s about

With a crowd-pleasing flare
He stands Amber up straight
Tears her blouse, rips her skirt

Strips her bra and panties
Go! Go! One hundred spew
She weeps, “Please, I’m a virgin”

He shouts, “Hey guys, I’m her first”
The honorable frat brothers retort
“But tonight you won’t be her last”

Every time she cried
Every time she died
A little bit more

Oh, my! What a sad and terrifying write! It brought instant tears to my eyes. This one packs a powerful punch. I wish it were not so...but I fear it might often be. ~~lb~~

As much as I love the poem, I am saddened by the subject. Quite powerful H. It is probably happening and will happen quite often...unreported.

makes me want to puke and kill... well written. dsk

Harry,

Very well woven together to bring the reader to an appropriately appalled state of being.

I'm grateful to know that incidents this public aren't overly common (though even one is far too many). But I shudder to imagine the number of unreported incidents that happen in smaller numbers in private. Having had to counsel one or two who have been through similar experiences, I'm glad you wrote this for awareness' sake.

Jeremiah

The story may be based on an actual incident but it tends to put all fraternities and all fraternity brothers in a very pathetic light. Are we to assume that all frat bros are drunkards and rapist? This story also implies that such crimes go unpunished. If this had happened in the fraternity house where I was a member there would be severe consequences. The fraternity would loose its charter and the members would be disbanded.

Though there is much about the Greek life on college campuses that I admire there is much that fraternities do for the benefit of charitable organizations. (When I was in college the drinking age was 18.) Fraternity was about brotherhood and socializing. Drinking was almost always a part of the socializing. There were incidents of sexual activity but it was never done without the consent of females. Fraternity was mostly about having fun. There were honorable standards of conduct.