Internal Codes

We each have an internal code

Of things we wouldn’t do

And some of what I’d never try

Might not apply to you.

 

The same is true for things I’d do

That maybe you would not.

We tend to follow rules we’ve made

That vary not a lot.

 

Though I might cross against the light

While others wait for green,

I’d never cut a line or leave

Before the table’s clean.

 

Our codes, established early on,

Are often set for good

And most attempts to change will fail

In any likelihood.