The Backpaddler

saying what they actually mean to at first, the backpaddlers watch the facial expressions of those around them change & the change is not what the backpaddler expected, so quickly in their heads they go over the statements made only moments ago to pinpoint just where everything went wrong, but now, there is no turning back--- what has been said, has been said & rather than to fess up to those in the context honestly & without remorse about the situation, coming to realize that the person who said such a thing is in fact the REAL person in the room, with all the faults, flaws & offensive characteristics of every human being specific to one’s own idiosyncrasies & scarring that comes from a life lived thus far, the backpaddler begins to apologize bumbling, fumbling & babbling through quickly manufactured excuses, where it looks like this suffering can’t go on much longer before this horrible liar signs up to go to seminary or registers themselves as a candidate in the next local election.