Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY MISTAKE, by E. P. G.


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MY MISTAKE, by                    
First Line: I met her on a pullman car
Last Line: "a cinder in your eye."
Subject(s): Comedy; Errors; Sex; Mistakes; Fallacies


I MET her on a Pullman car,
In section number nine;
Each eye shone like a morning star,
With radiance divine.
So when I placed my bags and traps
In section number ten,
She looked so tempting 'mid her wraps
I sought her face again.

She glanced at me with roguish pose,
Yet innocent of guile,
Then colored like a blushing rose,
And tried to hide a smile;
The sweet confusion but enhanced
Her dainty tint of pink,
And quite by accident she chanced
The nearest eye to wink.

When she refused my proffered card
With scorn and proud disdain,
I tried my best, and pleaded hard
My error to explain.
She listened to my mumblings crude,
Then tossed her nose on high;
"I think," she said, "you'd wink, if you'd
A cinder in your eye."





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