It's a mistaken world

always trying to turn you into someone else
or trying to be something else
when it was just fine otherwise
always on its feet
shuffling the Cha-cha
when the tempo's
set for Tango

and a funny one, too
with enough jokes and gags, wrong turns and crashes
to get you laughing lightyears
though ironically
and if you're lucky
or charmed or blessed
however you call it
you can make it through
a tad smarter,
a genius even,
that's affably affected
by years of mistakes
mistaking you
for a big mistake.