the most damning response
is--you wouldn't if you knew me
implying both, you wouldn't
and you don't know me.
and honestly, i can simply tell:
you really wouldn't if you did.
but don't feel bad about it,
please--it's true of almost
everyone i've ever known.
it's ironic, too, i suppose.
i do know people, better than they
know themselves, sometimes, it seems;
and i not only would, but do,
spoken & unspoken, felt & acted.
some kind of sad clown syndrome
and not very notable, really,
beyond the melodrama of a poem.
anyway, i wish you'd stop saying it,
because i would, knowing me.
November 4, 2021
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