In retrospect
I see what I should have done.
You gave me the perfect opportunity
to beg your forgiveness
like in the greatest romances of the twentieth century
via that century’s greatest memetic constructs:
the big gesture.

I didn’t realize.
I didn’t understand.
I didn’t see the big picture
of how the big gesture
could have gotten me out of big trouble
– big time!

I messed up
– again –
I see that now.
I get it.
I had a chance to fix it all
if I knew how to take it.
Maybe this will help me
know what to do next time.