I thought it was odd that “Sorry” was so short. I figured there would have to be a lot of information packed in, or that the poem( an assumption made based on the formatting of the original passage) would provide context to the longer story. However, the poem spends more than half of its time describing where a person drags his/her knife. From this, we can derive three things. The first is that the person holding the knife has the proximity and control to take a short object and pull it through the contours of a person’s body. The second is that the location of the initial incision is incredibly relevant to the perpetrator’s motivation. The third is how gender plays a role in this short poem. Terms such as belly and mid-drift are not specifically gendered but are typically used to describe either a pregnant woman or an elderly man. So when the sentence concludes with a male gender reveal. It is a surprise to the reader. Apparently, it is also a surprise to the perpetrator. Upon looking down and seeing the penis he exclaims with surprise and guilt “Oh no, no! … that was a mistake!”. This line specifically confirms for me that this person is not a surgeon or a mortician. A surgeon, mortician, or forensic examiner would have been given enough time to examine the patient/body before making any cuts. It also confirms that this man either saw a vagina and was wrong about the gender (which is highly unlikely) or he saw a circumcised/uncircumcised penis. In many religions circumcision is a requirement and you are not considered to be part of the religion if it is uncircumcised. Given that this story took place in India, it could have been about a man who was part of a larger group going around killing people who were not of his religious beliefs. Once he realized he was wrong, he expressed remorse.