I sat, with an important sense,
To add up my accomplishments.
I drummed the desk; I hemmed; I hawed;
I searched through files and books. I clawed
In stacks of paper. Oh, the strain
As I bit nails and racked the brain!
(How clear it got as I proceeded
An adding machine would not be needed.)
by Ray Romine Tuesday, October 30, 1951
