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Cardbored Father

My son’s requests for something new
Are rational and very few.
They almost never are expensive
Enough to make me apprehensive;
Yet, when he mentions some small trinket,
I must confess I do not think it
Too unusual that I quake.
How many Box-tops will it take?

by Ray Romine Saturday, March 22, 1952

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Submissions / Sales

Media name: Saturday Evening Post Baok of Book

Date Submitted: 05/09/1952


Media name: Saturday Evening Post

Date Submitted: 05/26/1952


Media name: Collier's

Date Submitted: 06/11/1952


Media name: Maclean's

Date Submitted: 06/22/1952


Media name: Wall Street Journal

Date Submitted: 07/03/1952


Media name: Redbook

Date Submitted: 09/18/1952


Media name: Pacific Spectator

Date Submitted: 10/28/1952


Media name: American Legion

Date Submitted: 01/22/1953


Media name: Christian Science Monitor

Date Submitted: 02/07/1953

Date Sold: 02/13/1953

Amount: 3.50