<human>: About three years ago, my high school held a poetry jam. Typically a generally successful (though usually not very well known), published slam poet is invited to perform alongside the students to display their work and receive recognition. This particular year, a poet was invited that I was a big fan of. I asked the teacher MCing the event if I could have a peak at his set list in order to choose and perform one of his poems that he wasn't going to do that evening in order to sort of honor him. I have no idea why at the time this alone didn't seem offensive to me.

Well, I must have missed a part of his performance when I was in the bathroom because I didn't know that he had changed the set, and decided to perform the poem I had chosen. I also didn't realize until I got on stage how little I had rehearsed... Needless to say, I tripped over words and butchered stanzas not very long after he had given a perfect original performance of the very same poem (which I didn't find out until after the whole ordeal, when I tried to get his autograph and he made a comment about my "interesting" interpretation).

That sad little homage can bring down a good day, any day.

What about you, reddit, anything that still makes you cringe and likely always will?

Can you give me a shortened version of the text?
<bot>: I tried to honor a favorite poet at an event by performing a piece of his own right in front of him. Instead I inadvertently mocked him and acted a foo' in front of da whole schoo'