So what, exactly, is a mishap? Something happened, so what did I miss? It is safer and saner, as well as far more productive and conducive to your own general good, to jump through your own hoops rather than those provided by others. At least this way, when you tumble and find yourself landing on your own rear end, you'll know how it happened and how to avoid it in future. That's one theory, anyway. Let's try another. 

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Part of Lockdown Literature From Write On Creative Writing groups at The Studio, Widnes. Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund.