"Until Proven Innocent" Inspired by The Coworker:

Until Proven Innocent

“She’s dead,”

they say.

“And you killed her.”

Denial comes easily, naturally, instinctively

because it’s the truth.

Maybe you wanted to

but you didn’t,

and intention is not nearly as important

as the action—

except to the detective 

who declares motive.


“She’s dead,”

they say.

“And you killed her.”

Proof is required,

an alibi is demanded.

Guilty

you feel

for the way you felt about her;

guilty

you are,

according to social media—

guilty

until proven innocent.


“She’s dead,”

they say.

“And you killed her.”

Said, accused, proclaimed enough times

even you start to believe it.


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