By Charlotte Miles
I can’t ever tell
when someone lies to me.
They tell me they said this,
they tell me to fix that.
They claim they’ve said it before,
ask me why I haven’t done it yet.
“I told you a hundred times,
can’t you just fix it?”
I can’t remember.
I don’t remember them telling me. They never said a thing to me.
Are they lying?
Has my memory failed again?
I can’t tell.
I check the records.
I check anything written.
I check the messages I’ve received. They’ve never said a thing.
Maybe I just forgot.
Maybe it didn’t get written down. “God, you’re so forgetful,
this is why I don't trust you.”
Maybe they're right.
I can never tell if they’re lying.
I can never remember the truth.
I assume they’re right.
I assume it’s my fault.
I can’t remember anything, after all.
So I guess it is all because of me.
I’ll do better next time, I swear.
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