I saw a beefsteak on the stair;
I looked again–it wasn’t there!
The desert may have its mirages–
We have ’em, too, in our menagesl
It wasn’t there again today;
I wish to heck ‘twould come to stay!
by Ray Romine Saturday, April 10, 1943
Selections from Trella Romine's library at Terradise Nature Center