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An Easy Mistake To Make

by Nancy Ames

Ignorance and arrogance
are walking hand-in-hand,
taking care on the stepping-stones.
His guitar melts my bones -
it happened but it wasn't planned,
it was only a rock'n'roll dance.

And we never touched,
we never touched,
we never touched the ground.


Sweet love-light and suspicion
are shooting arrows at the moon,
while night falls on the town.
That boy is acting like a clown,
and the prize is a big red balloon
and a brand-new superstition.

And we never touch,
we never touch,
we never touch the ground.

03/10/2008

Author's Note: This could be a lyric too. It's about art overcoming the world's disastrous contradictions.

Posted on 03/11/2008
Copyright © 2026 Nancy Ames

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Anita Mac on 03/13/08 at 10:44 PM

This is beautiful... I wish I had a favorite phrase, but each one is so great...

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 09/14/08 at 10:41 PM

Definitely singable! Chorus would make a lovely round.

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