Don’t think I’m hinting,
And don’t think me rude,
Nor starving, exactly,
If I mention food.
Don’t regard me as selfish,
Nor too near the top–
Nor worried about it,
If I should talk shop.
And don’t mistake interest
Please, for consternation
If I get the weather
In my conversation.
And I ask you, don’t think I
Believe I can fix
Every wrong in the world
If I talk politics.
To sum up, don’t read
Some excessively bum thing
Into what I say:
One must talk about SOMEthing!
by Ray Romine Tuesday, February 5, 1952
