Uniforms

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We all wear some sort of uniform in our lives.

Uniforms
By Franklin Price
(inspired by Joe Price)
06/01/2020

Uniforms, what do you think?
Better yet, what do you see?
We're most often what we're wearing
Life is uniformity

Think about it for a bit
Very few do not comply
These uniforms, from day to day,
Are the ones that catch your eye

Police are the most evident
Prisoners who are in the jail
Guards who work to watch them
The judge who sets their bail

Military who protect us
Ones who put the fires out
Chefs who cook our food at night
Servers running all about

Athletes on the field of play
Refs who make them toe the line
Doctors, nurses, in their scrubs,
Airline pilots looking fine

Priests in all their vestments
Business men in suit and tie
Do you ever wear a uniform?
Did you ever wonder why?

Uniforms define the job
At least, provide a guess
I believe that life without them,
Would be a further mess

Still plenty of confusion
Who's a friend or enemy
You'll find them in the uniforms
Of everyone you see

Have a realistic attitude
Of the uniforms out there
Don't think there's someone, that there's not.
In the uniforms we wear

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