You carry a well-packed U-Haul box to the car,  trip over the hose, fall flat, arms out,  as if desperate to thrust a  gift on someone...

Sorry!    A play for voices         In the background playing softly,  ” I’m Sorry ” by Brenda Lee RETTA:   I met Robert Redford at the Golden Globes because he stepped on my foot. He stepped on my foot as he was walking by, and he was like, 'Oh, I'm so sorry!' And I was like, 'It's all right. Robert Redford can step on my foot.' NINA TASSLER :  People step on my feet and I’m the one who  says “ I’m sorry.” MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO:   No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune...

They say we come into the world afraid of snakes no matter whether venomous or not.  Avoidance is the way we’re made although this  truth...