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the Name of the Game

R. N. Taber

It’s a so-secret game people play,
that never stays a secret for long;
before you know it, they'll leak it,
and put local gossip in overdrive

It’s a so-nasty game people play,
that will always get much worse
before it even begins to get better
for just about anyone in the loop

It’s a so-sad game people play
that invariably ends in tears,
where its players hurt themselves
(though few if anyone notices)

It’s a so-lonely game people play
that always finds us on our own,
whose end never justifies means
and gossip machines chew us up

It’s the blame game people play,
by way of creating a diversion
from mistakes inadvertently made,
prefer to conceal than confess...

It’s a game we all love to deplore,
though most if not all of us play,
game to keep local gossip machines
in working order if not overdrive

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