Guilty

Have you ever hear someone say, "You know what I mean?"
The next time you do
ask them to repeat what they said
that you were supposed to know and don't.

That way you can be clear about
what it was that you should
feel guilty about not having gotten
the first time they said it
and what you shouldn't have been
thinking or doing instead.

And when you get what it was
look to see if you feel properly guilty
about not really listening the first time.
If you don't
you should feel guilty about not feeling guilty.

Because when your commitment is to feeling guilty
it isn't about what you didn't hear.
It's about inventing new shoulds and shouldn'ts..