Among Games People Play

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We see politicians and religious leaders at it all the time, but can any of us say in all honesty that we have never played the blame game?

 AMONG GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

There's a secret game people play,

that rarely stays a secret very long;

before you know it, they'll leak it,

see gossip machines into overdrive

It’s a so-nasty game people play,

that nearly always gets (far) worse

before any signs of getting better

for anyone whose head in its noose

It’s a so-sorry game people play

that must (invariably) end in tears,

 its losers left cut to the quick,

while rare, a ring-leader who cares

It’s a so-lonely game people play,

(needing to be one of an in-crowd)

eager to point invisible fingers

at human kindness going belly-up

It’s a game we all love to deplore,

yet who among us can honestly say 

we've not played gossip machines,

regardless of any risks to overdrive?

It’s the blame game people play,

deemed as good a diversion as any

from errors of their own ways

(masks mistaken for friendly faces)

Copyright R. N. Taber 2011