-----apologies---- 

-----apologies----

i am sorry for the animal in me. for letting it out, for not letting it out enough. for having a sharp tongue. for not using it when i should. for my teeth. i am sorry for not flossing enough, one of many broken promises. sometimes i have thrown away the forgotten left-over, container and all, now straining with gases and mold, when i should have rinsed and recycled. i am sorry about the rainforest, and forgetting the cloth bag on the way to market, and for drinking all those diet pepsis, and for not looking the crazy man in the eye that day outside rite-aid. i am sorry for looking others in the eye when i should have averted my gaze: eye-contact, my achilles' heel. i am sorry for all the rules i have broken, and i am sorry there are so many. i wasn't nice enough to my sisters, growing up. i am sorry for locking laura in the toybox, and i am sorry she still brings it up every few years. i apologize for my sins of omission, of commission, of permission, of persimmons. i am sorry we are all not better at forgetting.