Life is not a hammock
Between two palm trees
It's not a sweet mint julep
To sip on in the breeze
It's more Mount Everest
A steep or steeper climb
It asks a lot of you
But it's a chance to shine
Sorry, no fat plum
Will tumble in your palm
I hope that deadly truth
Will rouse no great alarm
If you thought life a picnic
It's a good assumption
You need a bigger pair
More substance and more gumption
Copyright Louis Brown
Aug 13, 2011
Aug 13, 2011 at 12:17 PM UTC
Life is not a hammock
Between two palm trees
It's not a sweet mint julep
To sip on in the breeze
It's more Mount Everest
A steep or steeper climb
It asks a lot of you
But it's a chance to shine
Sorry, no fat plum
Will tumble in your palm
I hope that deadly truth
Will rouse no great alarm
If you thought life a picnic
It's a good assumption
You need a bigger pair
More substance and more gumption
Copyright Louis Brown
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