SORRY!

It sits on the board game shelf
in the family room,
unplayed, abandoned,
a game for kids
probably created
and surely named
by a grown-up
with a penchant for irony
or simply sarcasm.

There is, of course, another
possibility.
God knows there is enough regret
in all of us to bring us to our knees,
and every time my game piece
lands next to yours
to send you back
I relive the guilt
of past perfidies.

It’s a game for unconfessed penitents
and sadomasochists.

And kids.