It is a wonderful feeling to walk down the street
And have something in common with each man we meet…
There Is Pet (he’s the one who has Wall Street outsmarted;
When he went into business I helped him get started.)
Hi, Ed (he’s the owner of that panel truck,
The one I shoved last March when he had her stuck.)
Well, Bill! (That’s the boy with hard luck in his past–
He owes me a twenty from year before last.)
‘Lo, Herb ( I recall how I loudly admired him
At a time when his boss otherwise would have fired him.)
And Steven (who swore he would travel, and did.
When he went to Alaska we took in his kid.)
But suddenly life has lost much of its flavor,
For here comes old Joe, to whom I owe a favor!
by Ray Romine Friday, February 5, 1954
