Things We Don’t Mean

I wish I’d learned to play the piano

I wish I hadn’t quit ballet

I wish I hadn’t gotten bangs in sixth grade

But we all do things we don’t mean

I wish I spent more time with my grandparents

I wish I’d stood up for that boy

I wish I hadn’t eaten so much pasta for dinner

But we all do things we don’t mean

I wish I hadn’t cried in the school bathroom

I wish I’d studied for that Iliad test today

I wish I’d gone to bed an hour ago

But we all do things we don’t mean

I wish I hadn’t gotten paint on my favorite shoes

I wish I’d sold more fundraiser cookbooks

I wish I hadn’t shot my mom with a nerf dart

But we all do things we don’t mean

I wish I hadn’t sat in a fire ant bed

I wish I hadn’t gotten two cavities

I wish I hadn’t bought an Enrique Iglesias song

But we all do things we don’t mean

The Titanic didn’t mean to sink

And the Hindenburg didn’t mean to blow

And I didn’t mean to shatter my phone screen

But we all do things we don’t mean

Firefly didn’t mean to get cancelled

And Doctor Who didn’t mean to go downhill*

And I didn’t mean to leave my essay at home

But we all do things we don’t mean

Minions didn’t mean to be annoying

And Icarus didn’t mean to fly into the sun

And I didn’t mean to forget my uncle’s birthday

But we all do things we don’t mean

But that time I slapped my dentist

Back when I was three

That, that is one thing I did mean to do

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*looking at you, Moffat 

**I now realize a better name for this would’ve been “#noregrets” so #yesregrets on missing that opportunity