A poem,
found among comments on YouTube responding to the Ray Rice video,
by Melissa Fite Johnson
Dumb bitch started it. Cunt
ruined his career. Too bad
he didn’t break her fucking jaw off.
Act like a man, try and hit one,
get treated like a man. This is what
equality looks like. Girls
are as much of a threat
as guys. She slapped him first.
She’s the aggressor. What the fuck
do you see? A man beating
his woman? He defended himself
against a human being with
the potential to hurt him.
All those white feminists need to
shut the fuck up. Period. This is
what equality looks like. It probably
wasn't his intention to knock her out,
but shit happens. She should've
thought of that before assaulting
an NFL player. A woman
deserves equal rights.
She has to take responsibility
for her actions. She had it coming.
This is what equality looks like.
Melissa Fite Johnson teaches English at Pittsburg High School in Kansas. She’s had poetry published in Cave Region Review, The Little Balkans Review, and Inscape Magazine, as well as in the Kansas Notable Book poetry collection To the Stars Through Difficulties. The Little Balkans Press will publish her first book of poetry While the Kettle’s On this year. Melissa and her husband, Marc, live in Pittsburg with their dog and several chickens.