Your sins and errors
And limitations and quirks—
And even your different views
In matters of taste—
Are every the ready excuses
For those who would like to reject
Some point of truth that you are telling.
They don’t need much
To “justify” rejecting the truth,
For they are, after all,
Liars already.
So if you’ll provide
The slightest fault from which
They can start the rejection,
This saves them the trouble
Of having to start from scratch
With an excuse of their own.
