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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