There's nothing
you could articulate
that would
make a good
defense. That's just it.
There's this
dissonance
in you,
and it
really works in context.
Like a jazz chord—
but more
primordial,
less
complex, and easier
to analyse
the quieter
it gets—
it's that part of you
who's silent
that seems to know
exactly what to do.
Which means—
when you talk
you always
come across
innocent
but blameworthy, too.