When you get what you want in the struggle for self

And the world makes you king for a day-

Go to the mirror and look at yourself

And see what that guy has to say.

It's not your father, your mother, your wife-

Whose judgement upon you will pass.

The verdict that counts the most in the world

Is the one coming back from the glass.

Oh, the world will say you're a straight-shootin' chum

And they'll call you a wonderful guy.

The one in the mirror says you're a bum

If you don't look me in the eye.

He's the one you face; forget the rest-

You see, he's with you 'til the end.

You pass your most dangerous, difficult test

If the one in teh glass is your friend.

You may fool the world down the pathway of years

And get pats on your back as you pass.

But your final reward will be sorrow and tears

If you cheated the one in the glass.

-- . (unknown@author..), April 21, 2000

Answers

Harry Chapin?

-- (groovin@sam.goody's), April 22, 2000.

>> Harry Chapin? <<

Sounds more like Edgar Guest to me. Same guy who wrote "It takes a heap of living to make a house a home."

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), April 22, 2000.