The Tao, Defined By Dr. Seuss

Tell me, friend: what is the Tao?

Is it a rat? A cat? A cow?

Is it your brother’s hand-me-downs?

Is it the German woman they call Frau?

Is it the paint on a girl’s eyebrow?

Is it way-back-when, or here-and-now?

Is it a bark or a yip or a meow?

Is it a superhero whose fist goes “pow”?

Is it the Chinese dog “chow-chow”,

Who gives the emperor a deep bow

One that he calls the “kowtow”?

Is it saying goodbye with a “ciao”,

Or an old man pushing his snowplow?

All of these things, and more, are Tao.

It is who and what you are, and how.