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Sorry (But Not Really)

Jennifer Gubitz Brooklyn Jews | 5772 | Kol Nidre “Apologize to your little sister,” she yelled to the back seat of our 1992 Chrysler mini-van with wooden, yes, wooden siding. “Right now,” she commanded. A huff ensued, then a grumble, but finally “Sorry…” It seemed my 13-year-old brother* had succumbed to the greatest prosecutor of them all – our mom. But then with a ridiculing, retainer ensnared grin, In a voice so quiet she would never hear, A cantankerous qualifying statement: “but not really.” It was a superfluous statement to begin with. The first time I put the orange Tupperware bowl to my mouth To consume the final remnants of milk and cheerios… He stealthily walked over to me, and deftly smashed the bowl into my face – Milk and cereal dripped from my hair and clothes. In but a few minutes, I had changed clothes and returned to the breakfast table to attempt eating once more. And again, when I reached the last bits of my cereal bowl, I raised it to my face – Yes, we had questio