Difference

When she’s nice to me
it feels like entrapment
I need to watch what I say
because it may be used
as evidence
against me
against my belief
that I am innocent
And there is nothing
I can say that won’t
incriminate me
that would alter her perception
and declare me
good, or
human

When he’s nice to me
it feels like entrapment
I need to watch what I say
because it may be used
as evidence
against me
against my belief
that I am guilty
And there is nothing
I can say that won’t
exonerate me
that would alter his perception
and declare me
wrong, or
inhuman



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