Not So Tough

© 2002 By Tom King

We are not so tough as we'd like to believe

  Nor so wise as we think.

There are always some more tough than we

  And others more smart.

In the great and fabled "wash"

  The thing everything is supposed to all come out in,

There is, of necessity,

  A certain quantity of soap

It stings our eyes

   Burns our open wounds

Makes our skin tingle

   And puts everything into a great lather.

But, it is believed by many, that we all

   Need a good wash sometimes.

No matter how tough, no matter how strong;

  No matter how wise we think we are.

© 3/29/2002 – at Lake Palestine