Toughness

Are you tough?
Are you rough?
Are you really strong enough?
Or are you so much frill and fluff?
A namby-pamby powder puff.

If you really know your stuff
You could even run a bluff.
Just toss a comment off-the-cuff or
Mumble like a grumble gruff.

But if you run off in a huff
You give up claim to your rebuff
And could wind up flat on your duff
When you find out
You’re not so tough.

Tough guys don’t stand up and fight for
It is no matter of might. 
Toughness tarries deep within
In silence,
Like a trusted friend.

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