Proper Punishment

Ivy League protesters profess
Rape as a remedy
For perpetrators who deserve
Penetrating pedagogy,

But when perpetrated upon
One of their own good girls,
Rape must be punished severely.
Frat boys forcing fellatio file

Written essays as punishment
With no help from AI.
That will show the little bastards
The dean really means it this time.

Perhaps they will have to publish
In an indexed journal;
They’ll learn that publish or perish
Has become publish your penis.

That’s lots of fun for all involved
Except maybe the girl,
Who might feel that frat boy frolics
Are a tradition that should stop.

Fun is fun and boys will be boys,
But seriously folks,
Time to pull out that old blackboard
And make those boys pay for their crimes:

I will not rape. I will not rape.
I will not rape. I will not rape.
I will not rape. I will not rape.
I will not rape. I will not rape…

That will teach them to wait for the
Perfect penetration:
Rape is just proper punishment
When a girl really deserves it.

See: “Cornell fraternity rape case will be reopened after woman said she was raped for hours by multiple students” by Mahsa Saeidi, Walter Smith Randolph, and Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 28 September 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.