let's all join hands

I never liked the idea
of joining hands with complete
strangers.
not around a campfire,
not even in church,
when asked to greet
our neighbors standing
next to us
and shake.
stand together as one,
the preacher would say,
and out would come
a hand.
I could never do a coke
commercial
and sing in a big circle
holding hands. jumping
around on a sugar high.
i'm not even fond of
a bucket brigade,
or a tug of war.
tug your own rope.