Aliens

I try.
God,
I try so hard.

“You’re like Mr. Spock,” he said.
“You look so human, but it’s like you don’t have
feelings. You always do the logical thing.”

And I am always a little
out of step with the world.
A little less good would be okay, they say.

(Can you be kind to people and still
get ahead?
We think so.)

I have feelings. I show them
very carefully
and only to those I trust.

Mostly, to other aliens.