You Expect them to Believe You

everyone that comes to you

comes to you from an act

of pain

like I let them feel

& I don’t feel

[this] doesn’t have to be

this thing you say

is your relief

I don’t have to say

I know you are

the crisis of your beliefs

let them reel

to the point of people

hearing

& everyone can be

But you

You look them in the eyes

& tell them who you aren’t

& you expect them to believe you?

They are pitiless

& you might thank them

In a different time

In a different space

They manage no disgust