Hear my pleas.
Please.
I’m really not such a bad person.
You’d like me once you got to know me.
Unless, of course,
you’re one of those
I poke
to provoke.
Then
all bets are off.
But at least we’ll know
who we are
and where we stand.
I wish
so much
I could like you
without being
like you.
Won’t you try
at least a little
to be more likeable
like me?