“Crime of Passion” by Alissa Larson


Rage is a nice woman
Rage is smiling
Rage is good
Rage is a good girl


Alissa Larson is a retired firefighter, motorcycle racer, motorcycle safety instructor, swimming pool cleaner, former model, current writer/artist, who is forever paying off an old and unused law degree. She has a grown daughter, and a dog named Meatball. She thinks a lot about structural injustice for women and many of her poems reflect that theme.