Shana Ross
Privilege
Overheard, a father to son:
I’ve never let you win
That’s not the kind of Dad I am;
When you win, it really means something.
That’s important.
Of course, sometimes we change the rules,
To give you a better chance.
And I said nothing, because in line at Starbucks
Is not the place for confrontations.
Take this in deeply: the worst person in this story is me.
Shana Ross is a poet and playwright with a BA and MBA from Yale University. Her writing career has been dormant for 18 years for reasons both practical and best discussed in therapy. This decade, her work has been published in Anapest Journal.
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