Share the Toothpaste

An equal exchange is a mind for a heart

Or a soul for a soul, but for only a part?-

Why would anyone make such a deal

So unfair, could that offer even be real?

But to trade a house for a home

What a steal, take the beer with no foam

Or the pottery with no cracks in its side

Like the home’s foundation beautiful outside

And in, set in stone, what a win

Find the wife with no egregious sin

Staining her soul once blessed with purity

Take the husband who understands surety

Is his duty and honor and cross to bear

And rosaries of gold and pearl he will wear

On his heart, which he gives freely to his wife

The one who, with love and confidence, bears life

She keeps no secrets, no pleasure to herself

Of the apostles, she would rank twelfth

A godly woman, her virtues abound

She’s more than only “worth keeping around”

Now a question befuddles my mind

You won’t share the toothpaste, exactly what kind

Of man would betrothe himself to you

If that tiny sacrifice for him isn’t the least you would do?