You Know Who You Are

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You watch too long but look away fast.

I know you say appearance doesn’t matter.

I get out of my car, ignoring this for both of us.

At most job interviews, you hardly ask me a question.

I see you get your answer by the bewildered look

which causes my face to frown.

The children outside the store

back far away when I go to enter.

You grab them to ensure their safety.

I apologize as a habit.

Though I have done no wrong,

you make me feel a criminal.

I went north a few times.

It was a little better

but you were still there too.

Sometimes you come to work

to complain that I was hired,

but when I don’t work, you call me lazy.

You will surely outlive me,

being present at my funeral

but my life will make you weaker.