"She Deserved It"

"She deserved it."

She was three.

Did she really?

What warranted her deserving it?

Did she ask for it?

She can't even talk properly,

But she asked for it?

She asked for it?

She was wearing her pajamas,

Walking the mall with her mom and dad.

You grabbed her by the wrist and ran,

Down the corridor of stores.

You pulled her through a bathroom door,

Men's.

Not a single one batted an eye.

Her mom,

You could hear her crying.

Crying for her baby as she ran after you.

You took her baby,

Without a second thought.

'She deserved it.'

Did she?

She was three.

'She asked for it.'

Did she?

She was three.

'She shouldn't have worn that.'

She was wearing her pj's,

Walking with her mommy,

Going to buy a toy for her stuffed puppy.

She was going to get a squeaky toy,

For her stuffed puppy.

She was three, did she really ask for it?

She was three, do you really think she asked for it?

She was three, or is that just your excuse for being a pervert.

She was three, did she really ask for it?

She was three.

She.

Was.

Three.

And yet, you'll spend less time locked away,

As a rapist, a murderer.

Than a street artist,

For sharing their art with the world.

Did she really,

Ask.

For.

It?