song tight rope affair, the rishs and thrills of a love affair song and poem By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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tight rope affair

04/14/04
i know all the moves
i play the game
and it gets to you
you can’t say a word
you can’t move an inch
cause you can’t break the rules
i know what to say
i know what to do
and it sets you on fire

i have to play
on what you like
to see what you can take
and i walk out on to that tight rope
to watch you move and shake
and now we’re both stuck there
but here is where you quake
but you can’t fall from this wire

we walk a thin line
        in our tight rope affair
there’s no net when you’re high
        so you better beware
do you know your way down
        when you’re in making your moves
                and balanced in
                          your tight rope affair

when you’re up on the wire
you feel the fire
and you feel the fear
but you’re filled with desire
you want to go higher
whenever we’re near
what will transpire
now that we’re here
what can we do to make us right

when we gracefully step
on the paper-thin wire
we’re balancing high
we look to the ground
see a circus of clowns
as we’re touching the sky
now we both tightrope walk
and I wonder why
why we can’t bring it all into the light

we’re walking a fine line
        in our tight rope affair
yeah, you try to act sly
        when I know a part of you’s scared
but you know you’ll will try
        only if you can bear
                what might happen
                          in our tight rope affair

you balance on this twine
        in our tight rope affair
cause I know you’ll be mine
        yeah, be with me if you’d dare
this love is divine
        but it cannot compare
                to this rush
                          from this tight rope affair

you know how it feels
        in our tight rope affair
our time is surreal
        and our bond is rare
we sense this appeal
        and it makes us aware
                of the risks
                          in our tight rope affair

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Watch this video:

from the Internet Archive

Listen

to this radio recording
from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set)

Listen

Live at the Cafe,
now available in a 3 CD set

Listen

to this with
the Second Axing

Watch the YouTube video
(3:53, 06/22/04) from the show
A Night of Firsts

Watch the YouTube video
of this in a live performance in Chicago of the “a Very Goth Beach Party” feature 07/03/11 at “Beach Poets”

Watch the YouTube video
of the eye cam recording of this in the “a Very Goth Beach Party” feature, live 07/03/11 at “Beach Poets”

See feature-length YouTube
video of many poems read 07/03/11
at Beach Poets from the live feature
“a Very Goth Beach Party”

See feature-length YouTube
video of the eye-cam of the entire show at Beach Poets 07/03/11 from the “a Very Goth Beach Party” feature

Download the chapbook with this writing in a Very Goth Beach Chapbook

the cc&d v170.5 issue release of Kuypers' writings in the 2006 book Distinguished Writings

The above YouTube was performed live at at the performance art show A Night Of Firsts, 06/22/04 (Kuypers’ birthday), at the Cafe in Chicago.