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Tough Love (For Non-addicts)

3/27/02

they call it Tough Love.

why?

is it tough to Find?

tough to Do?

or just tough to Hang on to?

 

maybe it's...

tough on Dirt.

 

like Mr. Clean.

that Big Burly guy.

no matter how Dirty,

he can clean You up, baby.

Ship-Shape. 

and make you sparkling New.

 

but while you're waiting for

the Tough Love Scrub,

and lots of Elbow Grease,

you notice Mr. Clean

has a different sort of Tough.

 

he somehow gets the Dirty Stuff off

with a lotion potion

that doesn't scrub you Raw.

if only you can sit still

long enough

to let It sink in.