I’d like to do one thing worth while,
Lika coin a phrase or swim a mile,
Or paint a scene, or build a road,
Or write a ringing, tearful ode,
Or lead an army on a charger,
Or grow a beard a little larger,
Or save a life, or own a yacht-It
wouldn’t greatly matter what.
(Perhaps, in 1953,
I’m quite accomplished, just to BE!)
by Ray Romine Monday, April 13, 1953
