Our Rapist Is Better than Your Rapist

by Marco Katz Montiel / July 19th, 2026

Ours never did anything wrong, but jist
Forced himself into a woman he knew.
Our rapist is better than your rapist.

Your rapist goes about waving his fist.
Our rapist was a backer of #MeToo.
Ours never did anything wrong; he jist

Made a mistake worth a slap on the wrist.
Most other men have also made a few.
Our rapist is better than your rapist.

Your rapist says things that have made us pissed
Off mightily, words he cannot undo.
Ours never did anything wrong, and jist

Managed to get a DSA A-List
Of supporters to ignore his tattoo.
Our rapist is better than your rapist.

Really, ours did little more than a tryst;
He tried to penetrate but then withdrew.
Ours never did anything wrong; it’s jist
Our rapist is better than your rapist.

See: “Inside Graham Platner’s Maine Bunker as He Fought to Stay in Senate Race” by Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026.

Marco Katz Montiel composes poetry and prose in Spanish, English, and musical notes. He went to college late, and then alienated one university by publishing about bigotry on campus and got kicked to the curb by two others for his union activities. Still, Marco managed to graduate and even publish a book on music and literature with Palgrave. His essays, poems, and stories appear in Ploughshares, Jerry Jazz Music, English Studies in Latin America, Copihue Poetry, Camino Real, WestWard Quarterly, Lowestoft Chronicle, Dissident Voice, and in the anthologies Cartas de desamor y otras adicciones, There’s No Place, and the Capital City Press Anthology. Read other articles by Marco Katz, or visit Marco Katz's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2026 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.