I am a fiend, a brute, a cad–
I like the “better things” in life;
For a bug upon a lily-pad,
I sacrifice my child and wife.
A poem here–there, Florence’s eyes;
Here, Sandra’s curls–there, vividly,
A water-color, quite a prize.
(They all seem quite alike–to me.)
by Ray Romine Monday, October 16, 1944
