A GYM ISN'T JUST A GYM

A gym isn't just a gym
Most of the kids who come here
never make it to the pros
They came here to shadowbox
in front of huge mirrors
and study themselves.
They skip rope, punch bags
spar and learn dicipline
working hard. They listen
to wise old trainers who often
replace missing fathers. Men
who scold them when they need it.
Who knows what a young man
thinks about? The gym is an
asylum for the anarchy of raging
hormones. How different their
lives, how alike their hearts are.

--Tom Smario