A verse a day
Puts your kids at bay,
Drives your friends away,
And your wife (to stay).
Even though you pray,
A verse a day
Will work this way.
So a verse a day drives folks away?
You’d try it, hey? Well, better nay–
For still the bill-collector comes,
The mailman, and sundry bums;
And neighbors, borrowing cups of stuff;
And others, but ain’t this enough?
No, these unwelcome ones verse won’t faze–
Or, at least, it works that way with Ray’s!
A verse s. day
Just doesn’t pay.
(I ain’t been paid YET!)
by Ray Romine Thursday, November 4, 1943
